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	Sapphire - LoveToKnow 1911
		Sapphires are also found in Kashmir, where they occur, associated with tourmaline, in the Zanskar range, especially near the village of Soomjam.
		Sapphire is widely distributed through the gold-bearing drifts of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, but the blue colour of the Australian stones is usually dark, and it is notable that green tints are not infrequent.
		The Anakie sapphire-fields of Queensland are situated near Anakie station on the Central railway, to the west of Emerald and east of the Drummond Range.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sapphire (999 words)

	Sapphire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The sapphires are of volcanic origin and occur in alluvial deposits in either present day or fossil drainage systems that drain volcanic terrains composed of alkali-volcanic rocks, mainly basaltic lavas and pyroclastics of Tertiary and Quaternary age.
		The occurrence of sapphire in Queensland is associated with Tertiary and Quaternary alluvial deposits derived from the weathering and erosion of alkali-volcanic rocks, mainly basaltic lavas, pyroclastics and volcaniclastics of Tertiary age and underlying Palaeozoic basement rocks.
		Sapphires occur in eruptive volcanics from a limited number of vents and are recovered from the eluvium, colluvium and alluvium within and adjacent to present day watercourses in the vicinity of the vents.
	www.nrw.qld.gov.au /mines/fossicking/sapphire.html (932 words)

	ruby
		Much sapphire is unevenly coloured; it is also dichroic; that is, the colour of most varieties changes with the direction of view.
		Sapphire is a primary constituent of many igneous rocks, especially syenites, pegmatites, and various basic (silica-poor) types; it also occurs in schists and metamorphosed carbonate rocks.
		Synthetic star sapphire is made with luminous stars that are more regular and distinct than those in most natural stones; the asterism is obtained through controlled exsolution of impurities.
	www.dahs.srvusd.k12.ca.us /john/rubysapphire.htm (968 words)

	Vive La Vie
		Sapphire has enjoyed multifarious often strangely incongruous uses throughout her history; form being crushed and powdered as medicine, acting as an auspicious business card for the benefit of wealthy French noblemen, to an exotic elixir administered to less than amourous lovers.
		Rough sapphire was detected as early as the 1890's in Anakie in Queensland and in 1854 in the New England areas and small scale mining operations there supplied the world with a limited amount of the gems.
		Sapphires can be seen in yellow, pink, violet and green and a combination of different colours in sapphire is known as 'parti-colours' of which Australia produces some of the most beautiful in the world.
	www.exero.com /mastergate/secured/fashion/sapphires.htm (4665 words)

	Australia and its States, Sports, Food, Animals and Plants
		Queensland is a state of great plains which merge into high country to the east and north-west.
		Queensland's Coat of Arms is Australia's oldest State Arms and was granted to Queensland by Queen Victoria in 1893.
		The sapphire was formalised in August, 1985 as the gem stone emblem.
	www.angelfire.com /al2/Australia/Queens.html (1197 words)

	Australian Sapphires
		The occurrence of sapphire in Queensland is widespread but deposits of commercial significance only occur on the Anakie field in central Queensland and the Lava Plains field in the north of the State.
		On the Anakie field sapphires occur in Tertiary and Quaternary alluvial deposits derived from the weathering and erosion of alkali-volcanic rocks, mainly basaltic lavas, pyroclastics and volcaniclastics of Tertiary age and underlying Palaeozoic basement rocks.
		It appears that the sapphires are associated with older eruptive volcanics from a limited number of vents and are found in the eluvium, colluvium and alluvium within and adjacent to present day watercourses in the vicinity of these vents.
	www.gem.org.au /sapphire.htm (2663 words)

	Aussie Sapphire » NSW Sapphire
		Sapphire and ruby, the gem varieties of the mineral corundum is found in many east coast locations of Australia.
		Sapphire is found from north Queensland to north-east Tasmania and in NSW is concentrated in the highland regions along the Great Dividing Range. Ruby is less common in Australia but may be found at various sites in NSW – notably the Gloucester area but also near Tumbarumba as well as the Macquarie and Cudgegong Rivers.
		Sapphires often occur as tapering hexagonal pyramids and are known as dog tooth crystals. These often show distinct colour zoning as striping along the crystal or lighter zones at the tip.
	aussiesapphire.com.au /blog/?page_id=256 (707 words)

	Sapphire - MSN Encarta
		Sapphire, precious gemstone that occurs as a transparent, blue variety of the mineral corundum.
		Sapphires are used, as are rubies, as hard bearings in watches and scientific apparatus.
		Synthetic sapphires are produced in a manner similar to that used for synthetic rubies.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761573358 (250 words)

	Sapphire Sapphires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sapphire mining Queensland is a miner's paradise, with a diversity of gem deposits known worldwide.
		Australian Sapphires are typical of corundum formed in iron-rich alkali basalt terrains and they have similar gemmological properties to those from other such deposits found in Thailand and Cambodia.
		Newcomers to Sapphire mining or specking often make the mistake of looking for stones that have the clarity of glass (such as the rough blue Sapphires in the far right picture at the top) and although occasionally Sapphires have that apearance it is not very common.
	sapphires.net.au (2823 words)

	Anakie - Queensland - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
		The entrepreneurial spirit of Rubyvale and Sapphire is emblazoned on the trees that are passed on the way into town.
		Sapphire is effectively nothing more than a playing field, a caravan park, a few isolated homesteads, a general store and a few shops selling gems.
		Between Rubyvale and Sapphire are the large-scale sapphire operations where heavy equipment converts the countryside into a bizarre moonscape.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Queensland/Anakie/2005/02/17/1108500202073.html (883 words)

	Ruby & Sapphire: Judging Quality, Prices, Padparadscha, Part 4
		The Bismarck Sapphire, weighing in at 98.6 ct, is a faceted gem of Sri Lankan origin donated by Countess Mona Bismarck (Dunn, 1975).
		St. Edward's Sapphire is today a rose-cut gem, but this was probably not the original style, and it is thought that recutting was performed during the reign of Charles II.
		It is a beautiful Sapphire 0.75 inch [1.9 cm] square, a truly inestimable gem, both for its fine quality and the spirit and life of the engraving, and was certainly the signet of the Pontiff himself.
	www.ruby-sapphire.com /r-s-bk-quality4.htm (6215 words)

	Fossicking - Queensland Gemstones & Fossicking Holiday Guide with QLD Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By 1903 sapphire mining centred on two camps (now Rubyvale and Sapphire) was an established industry, although there were still fluctuations until 1910-14, when there was a boom based on German demand.
		For the central Queensland anakie gemfields this essentially continued the previous arrangements for recreational and tourist fossicking.
		Sapphire is a variety of the mineral corundum.
	www.fossicking.com.au /fossicking_in_QLD/index.html (1185 words)

	gemfields history sapphires gemstones gemcutting
		The original discovery of the sapphires near Retreat Creek and the exact date of that discovery may never be known.
		The sapphire industry got off to a slow start because, in its early years (1881-1890) drought conditions and poor demand severely restricted mining and marketing of stones.
		Demand for sapphire grew rapidly in 1944 and 1945 with the influx of American servicemen.
	www.maxspeed.net.au /~sapphire/history.html (402 words)

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		A man sapphire ring in white or yellow gold looks great and the ranges of blue in which blue sapphires are available make it an ideal choice for a man's ring.
		Sapphire gemstones are hard and come second in hardness to only diamonds.
		Sapphire exploited a known vulnerability in Microsoft SQL servers used for database management, and MSDE 2000, a mini version of SQL for desktop use.
	www.lycos.com /info/sapphire--miscellaneous.html (500 words)

	Asutralian and Asian Deep Blue Sapphires and links to Sapphire Jewelty and gems
		Sapphire was discovered here about 125 years ago near Retreat Creek and has been mined intermittently ever since.
		A large proportion of the sapphire produced on the Gemfields is to cater to the export market.
		The Wash comes from sapphire bearing ground but all the back breaking work of digging down to the wash layer is already done.
	www.minerals-n-more.com /Sapph_Blue_Info.html (830 words)

	placestogo
		The Sapphire Fields (known as the Gemfields) of the Central Highlands encompass the townships of Anakie, Willows Gemfield, Sapphire and Rubyvale.
		Some of the largest and best known sapphires in the world come from the Gemfields including the 'Black Star of Queensland', the 'Centenary Sapphire', and the carvings of the American Presidents Heads which are displayed in the Oval Room of the White House.
		Sapphires are not the only treasures of the Gemfields - zircons, occasional diamonds, traces of gold and a variety of semi-precious gems can be found.
	members.tripod.com /emeraldchamber/placestogo.htm (1964 words)

	Mining, exploration and petroleum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Queensland is rich in copper, lead, silver, zinc, bauxite, phosphate rock, magnesite and silica sand, and its gemfields attract thousands of fossickers annually.
		Queensland has an abundance of untapped geothermal energy in the form of Hot Dry Rocks.
		Queensland's principal mine safety research facility, Simtars, conducts gas analysis and monitoring, risk assessment, hygiene and environmental consultancy, electrical testing and certification, and mine-related training.
	www.nrw.qld.gov.au /mines (313 words)

	Jewelry at Jewelry.Com
		Said to be the world's largest and most valuable sapphire, the Black Star of Queensland will be sold by Beverly Hills art and antiques curator Jack Armstrong on behalf of the Kazanjian Foundation.
		When it first arrived in the U.S., its nearest rival was a gray sapphire, 170 karats smaller, that was a part of the fabled J.P. Morgan collection.
		According to experts the Black Star of Queensland is a museum quality piece and so, for the last 17 years, the gem has been displayed at the Smithsonian Institution.
	www.jewelry.com /fashion-report-sapphire-sale.shtml (284 words)

	Queensland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Queensland is the second largest and third most populous state of Australia.
		To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean.
		Queensland is the second most popular overnight holiday destination in Australia for domestic travelers ($10.9 billion per year) with NSW taking the honours for 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queensland (1933 words)

	Queensland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Queensland is a state of many contrasts that range from sunny tropical coastal areas, lush rainforests to dry inland areas.
		Queensland is drenched in sunshine, has warm seas, cool sea breezes and an enviable warm climate all year round, the weather in Queensland is incomparable to most other Australian cities.
		The Queensland region has two weather seasons; a winter period of rather warm temperatures and minimal rainfall, and a summer period of warm balmy temperatures and higher levels of rainfall.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queensland,_Australia (1933 words)

	Fossicking in Australia - Rock Hounds
		Sapphire bearing shallow wash covers most of the area and it has been extensively worked.
		Sapphire and zircon gems can be found in the mostly shallow wash of this area.
		Blue and 'fancy' coloured sapphires have been found in the generally shallow wash which may be of many different types in this area.
	www.facetorsguild.org.au /fossicking.htm (605 words)

	Sapphire His (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sapphire, the State Gem of Queensland was discovered in the early 1870's in Central Queensland, near Retreat Creek.
		The Central Queensland Sapphire Gemfields, located in Queensland Australia, approximately 350 km west of Rockhampton, encompasses the towns of Anakie, Sapphire, Rubyvale and the Willows Gemfields Our Gemfields include, what is probably the largest Sapphire Gem bearing area in the world.
		Australian Sapphires are one of the hidden treasures of the gemstone world.
	home.san.rr.com /walsh/AussieGems/queensland.html (150 words)

	Sapphire
		There is a sense of fun and adventure in Sapphire, fossick for your own sapphires and absorb the history of this fascinating area.
		Mined since the late 1800's the moon-like landscape is as much a part of the lifeblood of Sapphire is the rich treasures in the earth.
		Sapphire, originally called Sapphiretown, has developed into a commercial hub offering a variety of facilities and services including a medical centre, multi-purpose centre, mining equipment sales and tyre service.
	www.about-australia.com /queensland/capricorn/destinations/sapphire (173 words)

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		Having been in the business for over 10 years, Sapphire didn’t hit consumer spotlight until 2001, when they became one of ATI’s first OEM partners.
		Sapphire is known for making rather exotic graphics cards powered by chips from ATI Technologies.
		The company is based in Hong Kong but is a daughter enterprise of PC Partner which is the greatest Chinese components manufacturer and an old partner of ATI (today all video cards "Built by ATI" are produced at the PC Partner's plants).
	www.lycos.com /info/sapphire--sapphire-technologies.html (274 words)

	Really Big Stuff in Queensland : Resources from the Lost Luggage Tales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Queensland already has a reputation for having some of the biggest natural attractions in the world: The Great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island - the largest sand island in the world - and the Riversleigh Fossil Fields near Mount Isa.
		Not to be outdone, the Richmond Fossil Centre, located behind the replica, has all manner of fantastic prehistoric fossils, including the 5m long Richmond pliosaur (a marine reptile) and a 100 million year old ankylosaur: an armoured dinosaur with much of its fossilised skin and armour intact.
		Queensland's most succulent tropical fish has its own big namesake at Daintree in the Tropical North; also home to the World Heritage listed Daintree Rainforest.
	www.lostluggagetales.com /resources/queensland-big-stuff.shtml (902 words)

	Queensland - The Sunshine State - Australia - Goway Travel
		Queensland lies in the Northeast of the continent, bordering the Pacific Ocean to the east, and the Torres Strait to the North.
		The climate is mostly Tropical, with two main seasons: Wet and Dry - Queensland is known as "The Sunshine State" because of it's pleasantly warm winters and long hours of sunshine.
		In Queensland's Far North, the continent's marine life reaches its most prolific and colourful form - the northern half of the Great Barrier Reef - 1200km of reefs hugging the entire east coast and into the Torres Strait Islands.
	www.goway.com /downunder/australia/qld (486 words)

	History of the Sapphire Industry - Central Queensland
		The Central Queensland Sapphire deposit was discovered in 1875 by Mr.
		He wrote "Let it be known that the field is a large one, that the extent of the sapphire wash is second to none in the world, and that a constant supply of stones could be maintained."
		The Central Queensland miners have become leaner and more efficient operators and many have start to play a part in the marketing of the beautiful gem.
	www.australiansapphire.com /history_central_queensland.htm (741 words)

	Coolamon Mining - Sapphire Queensland, Australia
		Coolamon Mining operates on the Central Queensland Gemfields, based on the townships of Sapphire and Rubyvale some 50 kms west of Emerald, and on the Lava Plains field in North Queensland, from which the very high grade "Undara" blue sapphires are obtained.
		Coolamon Sapphires' are proud to offer to the Jewellery manufacturing trade a selection of top quality sapphires in a range of natural colours.
		Jim and Jenny became involved in sapphire mining nearly 20 years ago as producers of rough sapphire only, but have now expanded their business to be able to offer cut stones in a very comprehensive range of shapes and sizes and a remarkable "Rainbow of Colours".
	www.coolamonsapphires.com /coolamon.htm (298 words)

	Coolamon Sapphire - Australian Sapphires
		Jim and Jenny Elliot of Coolamon Mining would like to welcome you to the circle of clients, associates and friends who are aware of the great beauty and high quality of Queensland Sapphires.
		We supply quality natural sapphire direct to the manufacturing jeweller and are your exclusive source of the stunning Coolamon Blue sapphires.
		We can provide sapphires in a rainbow of other colours : blue/yellow parti-colour, greens, light yellows, star sapphires, and when available the very rare golden yellows and pinks.
	www.coolamonsapphires.com (206 words)

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