Gemstones Rough, Faceted Gemstones

Now we have a range of Australian Blue Sapphires on sale. Cut in Australia by a professional cutter on the gemfields of Central Highlands Queensland - near the township of Rubyvale.

A one-off special with prices only found on the sapphire fields. This feature is on all the AUJ faceted sapphire range. Good genuine solid deep blues that really come to life in the sunlight or with overhead indoor lighting.
While indoors the dark blues look unobtrusive, as soon as any light falls on them they are flashy and show their true charm.

Also view the other spectacular faceted gems we have for sale along with the unfacet rough for cutters.

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Mining for sapphires in QLD
A day at the mine

Lou is in a new hole about 7 foot deep to the floor, we have had good stone from here, Lou is fairly excited as he is getting closer to an old tunnel dug before the flood cave in.

This area produced around 100-200 carats of sapphire per day for a couple of months and we were looking forward to getting back to this area eventually. winching to the surface

Now the dirt is looking very good, heavy black broken ironstone with white bits of clay and green rocks. The old timers say you are on the sapphire when your wash has salt pepper and chives – the black broken ironstone - white ash / clay - green floor/arsenic rocks (don’t put these in your mouth).

So Lou has been jack hammering this morning to loosen the dirt, he shovels it into buckets and then winches them to the surface.

Since we are working away from the machine and open cutting this hole, it is easier to winch to the surface. The buckets are lined up, ready to be put through the machine.