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Sapphire and Garnet Slobber Bags - Central Queensland Gemfeilds!

Sapphire and Garnet Slobber Bags - Central Queensland Gemfeilds!

28 total reviews

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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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Cane Edwards
Sapphire and Garnet Slobber Bag AWESOME

My family had a great time hunting through this bag it was great fun and got some great stuff . Thanks to everyone at the Old Molly 👍 we will definitely be ordering more

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Siw Vaageng
So much fun

I have spent a few hours trying to get the gold and gems separated from the black sand- phew;) not a huge amount of gold but it was an enjoyable experience:) superb customer service btw. 10 out of 10, would recommend:))

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Lacie

So much fun digging through this bag to find the beautiful gemstones. Would definitely buy again!

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Jess Large
Nice little gems

Never disappointed with the products and will buy more before they are gone

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Jessie B
Father’s Day gift

The old man wanted a bag of rocks for Father’s Day and I obliged. He absolutely loved it.