A brief introduction to the history of Australian Sapphires And Gemstone

 The histories of Australian gemstone have been replete with so many interested facts and incidents which will really amuse everyone. Australian gemstones or sapphire are prized for holding their beautiful colors, enticing patterns  and are  used for numerous number of things such as in jewellery making, decorative items and most importantly in mineral collection. There is diversified range of gemstones or minerals collected from the Australian region; some of the famous Australian minerals or gemstones are:

 

Topaz, Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Zircon, Rhodolite, Peridot and Fluorite. Australian gems are really rare and desired commodities appreciated by everyone for  having excellent color and cut characteristics which discrete  it from gems found at the other regions of the world.

Coming back to the history of Australian gemstones: The glorious history of Australian sapphire stretches back around 150 years when it was first being mined. The first clue of mining of these valuable gemstones had been come in 1851 when the mining of gemstone had been done in the gold mine of Cudgegong situated in New South Wales. Following this, in the year of 1875 first sapphire was discovered from Retreat Creek, Central Queensland.

After that, small deposits of sapphires and gemstone have been mined from numerous places across the Australia. In initial period, most of the mined gemstones were imported in Russian market or russian jewellers. The evidence or proof of this supply is discovered by referring some historical texts and books. Australia is quite popular in the world gem market for supplying excellent quality gemstones; however, it is internationally recognized for supplying best in class sapphires.

The Australian sapphires come in almost every color of the rainbow.  The Queensland is identified being the crucial place which produces extensively valuable sapphires in small sizes and in vivid colors. The star sapphire of Queensland is famous all around the world for its brilliant color and enticing appearance. Australian sapphires are principally royal blue in color besides this, it can also be found in other notable colors such as yellow and light blue. Apart from sapphires, Australia is also popular for producing 'fancy color' sapphires, They are mainly orange and red in color and look amazingly beautiful. They can be best worn at parties, wedding and other important occasions.