An Australian customer is shown a very rare sapphire stone on a ring, valued at Aus $50,000 by the jeweller. The stone was mined in the Rubyvale area

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An Australian customer is shown a very rare sapphire stone on a ring, valued at Aus $50,000 by the jeweller. The stone was mined in the Rubyvale area of the Gemfields close to the small town of Rubyvale in Queensland Central Highlands, Australia. Rubyvale 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: australian, central, customer, gem, gemfield, highlands, jewellers, queensland, ring, rubyvale, sapphire, shop, stone