ORIGIN
Central Queensland, Australia

DIMENSIONS
5.2mm x 5.3mm diameter x 4.1mm deep

CARAT WEIGHT
1.05ct

CUT
Hexagonal

COLOUR
Royal blue

TREATMENT
N/A

COMMENTS
Locally cut

COMMENTS Weighing in at just over a carat, this little royal blue sapphire is very sweet. It’s bright, eye-clean and eye-catching in real life. If you value precision cutting, good colour and a non-traditional shape, this hexagonal cut gem is for you. Suitable for a variety of designs, its geometric shape lends itself to Art Deco-inspired jewels. Or you could set it on its own in a simple stacker ring.

Commercial quantities of sapphire have been mined for more than 100 years in numerous locations situated along the Great Dividing Range in Eastern Australia, from Tasmania to North Queensland. Major commercial deposits occur in the New England District in northern NSW – Inverell and Glen Innes – and the Central Queensland Gemfields – Anakie, Sapphire, Rubyvale and The Willows, as well as Lava Plains in North Queensland. Besides professional operations, there are many part-time artisanal hand miners and hobby fossickers on the Gemfields.

DURABILITY Sapphire’s high hardness – 9 on Mohs scale – and its excellent durability render it ideal for most types of jewellery settings.