Adamsfield, Tasmania

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Coordinates: 42°44′S 146°19′E / 42.733°S 146.317°E / -42.733; 146.317
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Adamsfield is a locality in Tasmania Australia where osmiridium was discovered in 1925. Alluvial mining resulted in one of the world's largest sources of osmium and iridium metal.[1]

Florentine Post Office opened on 1 November 1925. It was renamed Adamsfield next month and closed in 1960.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Adamsfield, Tasmania, Australia".
  2. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
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42°44′S 146°19′E / 42.733°S 146.317°E / -42.733; 146.317

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