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Sapphire Slobber Bags - Central Queensland Gemfeilds!

Sapphire Slobber Bags - Central Queensland Gemfeilds!

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This is sapphire paydirt from the FNQ Gemfields around Emerald, Sapphire, Ruby vale and Anakie. Each bag contains raw sapphires, corundum, zircon, garnet and possibly other stones mined in the central Gemfields of Queensland.

The process is simple, the miners peg a $500 claim and start digging for river wash in long forgotten deep Leeds. The Stones in this dirt are from our friends at GemFest, the single best gemstone show in the Southern Hemisphere.

The river was is either manually sieved to concentrate the sapphires and other gemstones with the other heavier materials like ironstone. Or they use automated jigs to do the same thing.

Once concentrated it's a matter of flipping the sieve over and using your eyes to search for the precious stones. They can be as small as a pin head or as large as a tennis ball.

And I can tell you it's loaded!

Every spoonful I've done reveals dozens of gemstones. From raw sapphires and zircons to all other manner of volcanic mineral

You can either sieve it in a kitchen strainer, pan it in a gold pan or go though it by eye.

 

 

 

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Glen Causey
Slobber bag

Chris it was good. But when my eight year old granddaughter went through the sparkling bag. She and I was very not happy with it. Now I have to give you a lot of credit when it comes to your slobber bag. Now I am waiting for my next order to get here.

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William

Likewise with the other gem bag me and my nieces will be going through this can already see some of the gems and cant wait to pan it out

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Patrick

Thanks vo-gus prospecting you and your Paydirt bag have made my grandparents year my nan has always wanted a native australian sapphire and my pop wanted a natural australian emerald for their 60th anniversary got very lucky and got some truly nice gemstones thanks a million and have a great day everyone involved much love

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Robert Yockel
So many different colors of stones

Nothing big enough to facet but many different colors of stones. Maybe I’ll have better luck next time!!

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Rick Wilson
Central Queensland gem fields

Absolutely fantastic , son loves it.