A gem cutter holds a green sapphire valued at Aus $6,000. The stone was mined in the Rubyvale area of the Gem fields near Sapphire town in the Central

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A gem cutter holds a green sapphire valued at Aus $6,000. The stone was mined in the Rubyvale area of the Gem fields near Sapphire town in the Central Highlands of Queensland in Australia. The town lay in the largest sapphire fields in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: Rubyvale, Queensland, Australia
Photo credit: © richard sowersby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: australia, australian, central, gem, gemfield, green, hand, hands, highlands, pair, queensland, rubyvale, sapphire, sapphore, stone