Show us your Gemstones

I don't have any personally but I would love to see yours

I got heaps but most are stacked up in me shed

Betta get em out fella Nugget wants a looky. lol

A good day on the Sapphires and Zircons at Grabben Gullen Creek near Crookwell.

Very nice Wal, some amazing colour there. I'm becoming increasingly more interested in gemstones.

great looking stones i must admit i have never looked for them

If ever your hi banking in creeks such as Grabben Gullen....Little river.....Macfersons creek....Tumbarumba ck ...then these are a common bi product. These areas are mostly in southern NSW and getting a few cutters a day is not uncommon. Some of the better stones are upwards of 15 cts and often are worth more than the gold take......plus the women seem to like them...lol.

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A good day on the Sapphires and Zircons at Grabben Gullen Creek near Crookwell.

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wo theres some good size sapphires in there

Hi HTY....the average cutters from Grabben Gullen ck are usually around the 5 to 8 ct mark and cut stones around the 2 to 4 ct mark.You get quite a few large .."bombs " or opaque sapphires with many over 100cts.....pity those are not clear.

WOW such great looking stones, I'm so jealous.

Hi Jenny...can make a pleasant change from swinging a detector around in 30 deg heat during summer. Can sit in the water with a big hat swirling around a couple if sieves and sipping on a cold tinnie....It's not a bad way to pass the time.....I call it stress relief.

hi WalnLiz what a great lot of gems another good post by you people i m sure your going to impress members here if you keep putting post s up like that
cheers Terry

Hi Terry.....Be good to encourage some of the members who may not necessarily be real close to a gold field to have a go at some of the more precious gemstones this great country has to offer. There's a big variety of gems covering an extensive area of land and they are not that difficult to extract. Surprising how much fun one can have.... and finding a good sapphire can be as rewarding as finding a big nugget....Cheers Wal.

An exceptionally good 25 carat Blue and Gold Sapphire from our trip to Grabben Gullen yesterday. I'll post a before and after pic as soon as i facet the stone (hoping it will be in excess of 10 carat when finished.)

Absolutely amazing

:lol: wow amazeing fantaistic :lol:

That is a beautiful Sapphire. Thanks for sharing the pics. Don't forget to show us the finished product. I am sure it will be stunnig.

walnliz what a great stone in the rough looking forward to seeing it once it has been cut cheers Terry

Love the photo's of the saphs - look forward to seeing the cut stones.

Impressive stones , looking forward to finding some and maybe a gold nugget too.