ORIGIN
Rubyvale, Central QLD, Australia

DIMENSIONS
6.5mm x 6.5mm diameter x 3.5mm deep

CARAT WEIGHT
0.92ct

CUT
Trilliant

COLOUR
Blue Green

TREATMENT
Heat

CUTTER
Cut by Scott Langford

COMMENTS This sapphire is all about the colour - gorgeous brilliant blue with a touch of green. It is very bright and eye-clean. If you like an unconventional shape that is precision cut and practical this stone could be for you. Would be lovely as the hero stone in a ring or pendant. 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.