Where to Find Sapphires in The Gemfields Fossicking Parks. This is where you get to go out onsite with an expert who will show you how to dig your own dirt, clean it, sort it and find the gems. You’ll learn all about it if you do a Tag Along Tour or go to a Fossicking Park, which I highly recommend doing before trying it yourself out in the field.The act of picking up any Sapphires that you find lying on the ground is called ‘specking.’  Yep, it’s a real thing! Think Underground Mine Tours, lookouts and roadside attractions.Did you know that volcanos literally spat out Sapphires and Zircons? They’ll all be Sapphires, but rarely will you find something big enough to retire off.So, what exactly can you do with your bag of pretties, besides throw them in the back of a drawer and forget about them?Before you leave The Gemfields, make sure you get a professional to sort out your finds. Looking around we could see big piles of dirt everywhere along the roadside, accompanied by dug out holes, so it seemed wise not to go wandering off the track. You will get to see first hand, how the miners actually live. Rules for fossicking vary by state, but in New South Wales you can purchase a permit ($27.5 AUD a year) to go fossicking in State Forests. Good to know about some towns which are famous for these precious stones and you have mined a good number of stones.
Click below to see the other local attractions in the Gemfields, including pics and info.The Gemfields is approximately 330km West of Rockhampton, Queensland Australia.I wouldn’t mind getting a little dirty to find some gems on my own. is heavier for given size than all other stones except diamonds. And so cool to know that you might find sapphires on the ground as you walk. They even have State Forest areas where you’re allowed to fossick without a permit. The summer is far too hot to be standing in the hot sun fossicking for Sapphires.This is such a full and intensive guide! The process to get the sapphires did sound easy. whilst you fossick. Visit To be honest, we felt really overwhelmed when we first pulled into The Gemfields, with no clue about Sapphire fossicking.

Wear Enclosed Footwear (no thongs). Michael showed us how to hoe, dig or pick into the soil and fill your bucket with dirt you hope will have a sapphire hidden in it.5.

You can use your own sieve if you like, but having the proper ones will mean that you won’t miss Sapphires and they’ll make the job more thorough. Luckily they go through your rocks afterwards and pull out all of those gems that you’ve missed (and ditch the quartz). I don’t have a permit, just sneak out and start fossicking. Try the Fossicking Parks, Jewellers and other businesses.The bonus of finding a beautiful cutter is that you get to have it set right into a piece of jewellery during your stay if you like and take it home with you without having to send it off or wait too long.Some Sapphires are just too small to be cut by hand. During that time you are free to mine your claim as much as you like, as long as you stick within the current mining laws. They’re either too time consuming for the size of them or their too fiddly.Everyone fossicking in The Gemfields send their tiny Sapphires overseas to a reputable company called Lambert Gems. Oberon, New South Wales. It will work out that you can get your Sapphires cut starting at just a few dollars each, as opposed to $35 – $45 each by hand in Australia.Be aware that there’s the possibility that you won’t get your exact Sapphires back from Lamberts though. I took a fossicking tour with Karen and Michael at the Little House of Gems.3. We do not use your information for anything else, nor do we pass this information onto third parties. The sapphire gem fields of Queensland is the largest area in the Southern Hemisphere where you can grab a pick and a shovel and go out and fossick on your own. The most common method is to remove the dust from the wash, clean the stones using the sieves and Willoughby, this is … We do not pass your information onto third parties.Copyright ©️ 2020 Emma & Allan Riggs ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDFULL GUIDE: Sapphire Fossicking in The Gemfields, QLD– Australia’s largest underground walk-in Sapphire Mine experience.17 Ways to Travel Australia From Your Camp Chair (When You Can’t Leave Home)PRIVACY POLICY We collect your Name & Email Address for the sole purpose of Email correspondence from our website.
Your Sapphires will be examined and categorised. If you fossick at a Fossicking Park, the staff will go through your finds and make sure that you’ve sorted the Quartz from the Sapphires and will put the ‘cutters’ (ones big enough to get cut) into a separate bag for you.If you find Sapphires outside of a Fossicking Park (through specking or doing it yourself on the fossicking lands), take your finds into the Any ‘cutters’ that you find at The Gemfields can be cut locally for $35 – $45 per carat. So, we got to work and spent the best part of the next few hours pulling out a couple of Sapphires and every piece of quartz in the bucket. You will find this little pocket located about four hours west of Rockhampton, nestled in Central Queensland.Before you even turn off the Capricorn Highway and head in towards the town of Sapphire, you will be inundated with signs for all sorts of shops and experiences.

Sifting through the ground and finding gems is fun for everyone of all ages – especially children. If you did it right any sapphires should be lying on top or round the sides when you remove the sieve.Can you see the little green number here? It can be hot, dirty, sweaty work considering you need to be in the full sunlight to really see the ‘glint’ of the Sapphire.The entire Gemfields region is so interesting. We only spent a few hours fossicking but all that digging, lifting and sieving is hard dirty work. Our first afternoon was spent going for a drive to have a look around the local area of Rubyvale and Sapphire. Sounds like a fun adventure.I love gemstones and precious stones and even wear it too. Of course, I’d probably get my hands so grubby, eating a scone might become a bit of a gritty affair. Not every shiny thing is a sapphire. It’s fairly removed from the other three townships and is the least convenient place to stay as a tourist.

I think you always learn something about these actions and they are fun too.Specking and fossicking … I just learned two new words, thank you.


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