Head to the Sapphire Gemfields of Central Queensland. The staff there are great and will happily help you sort the rubbish from the worthwhile. The Gemfields, QLD is made up of the four suburbs detailed below. Who in the area, already have settings for rings etc. Their display room of gems was awesome. Sifting through the ground and finding gems is fun for everyone of all ages especially children. Our team checks each review posted on the site disputed by our community as not meeting our. Tour guide belittles people. It is now Under New Managment so I really hope you visit again. Any cutters that you find at The Gemfields can be cut locally for $35 $45 per carat. Get someone with a personality and people skills to run it or get the tour guide trained. rubyvaleholiday@bigpond.com |Tel: (07) 49854 518, For detailed Information on Fossicking Areas with Maps and Licenses, The 'Explore Sapphire Gemfields Brochure'. Fossicking for gems in the outback towns of Sapphire and Rubyvale in Queensland is a great way to spent a few days of the school holidays. We have the most amazing array of loose Sapphires in every colour of the rainbow. Of course we knew we wanted to get stuck into Sapphire, but we wanted to see what else was around in The Gemfields, QLD. Found loads of nice ones at Rubyvale. If we were ever in Jaipur again, we will bring our friends here and buy more jewelery. What an interesting adventure to actually go looking for gemstones. Detailed Reviews: Reviews order informed by descriptiveness of user-identified themes such as cleanliness, atmosphere, general tips and location information. Visit Bobby Dazzler to go fossicking, do the Underground Mine Tour at the Miners Heritage, come and see Pats Gems. $90 for a couple was too dear. We had a great tour today with Matt, he's very knowledgeable and passionate and most importantly he knows how to share his knowledge and was open to questions and explanations of things to sapphire mining novices like us. Oh nice. Do you know what to look for when fossicking for sapphires? Fascination Gems & Crystals You can drive to Rubyvalefrom Brisbane in about 11 hours but if youre short on time its a one hour flight from Brisbane to Emerald and then a one hour drive from Emerald to Rubyvale. Your Sunhat Sunglasses Sunscreen blockout Insect repellent. Under new management needs Some fine tuning . Heading up to rubyvale in a couple of weeks. There is a caravan park with a fossicking park on site and a service station nearby. Thanks in advance for your help We rank these restaurants and attractions by balancing reviews from our members with how close they are to this location. First up, we bought a bucket of wash for $15 and the friendly staff walked us through the process. This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of English in Australia. DAY 1 Morning: Fossicking tour, the treasure hunt starts here There's no time to be wasted so head to Fascination Gems in Rubyvale to learn how to fossick. This sounds very exciting tour to check minesfield and hunt some gemstones. Of course, we didnt have a clue how to fossick for gems when we first arrived. Whilst here you can embark on an underground tour of our mine, spend time in our park fossicking for your own gems, browse our range of Australian Sapphire Jewellery, there's something for everyone you can even pack a lunch and enjoy our undercover area. Display in a nice glass jar on window sill that gets sunlight. We got buckets on the Saturday we were there they had a deal 3 buckets $50 its super good . Why not have something unique made? The Australian Sapphires found in these areas are blue, green & yellow or beautiful multi-coloured Sapphires known as Parti-Colour Sapphires. Fascination Gems & Crystals : Sapphire Talk! Have local tips and special deals sent to your inbox. This gorgeous town serves as the main Gemfields hub. If you fossick at a Fossicking Park, the staff will go through your finds and make sure that youve sorted the Quartz from the Sapphires and will put the cutters (ones big enough to get cut) into a separate bag for you. You are more than welcome to visit any time of course! We had no luck panning but it was still fun and we took away some interesting rocks. Tag along surface mining experience with all equipment and tuition provided and we found some good gems. Its located on the banks of Retreat Creek in which you can also try your luck at finding gems. 21 were here. for us, social responsibility is a way of life. This is a tag along tour. Your email address will not be published. Tour is way long enough, digging and washing dirt to find gems is pretty hard work and we were exhausted by 1pm. Founded 2,000 years ago, Lyon's streets are a living museum, with beautiful historical buildings and interesting art galleries and museums.