Origin: Barrington Heights, NSW, Australia
Total Weight: ~3.00 cts
Stone Size: Approx. 1 mm – 2 mm (largest ~2 mm)

Description:
A natural parcel of Australian pink sapphires sourced from Barrington Heights, NSW. These stones were mined in the 1980s and come from old stock acquired directly from a miner, making this a limited and increasingly hard-to-replace parcel.

The sapphires are small, bright stones, well suited for accent settings in fine jewellery. Many are diamond-cut, originally prepared for a mining venture focused on marketing lighter Australian ruby tones.

Random gemmological testing from this parcel has confirmed the stones to be natural and unheated.

Features:

• Natural pink sapphires

• Unheated (tested samples)

• Good lustre

• Ideal for accent stones

• Rare Australian origin

• Limited old-stock parcel

Additional Information:
Pink sapphires are part of the corundum family, with their colour derived from trace amounts of chromium. Australian pink sapphires are relatively rare, especially in consistent parcels like this. As typical with pink sapphires, inclusions are common—clean stones are considered a premium.

These sapphires were formed in alluvial deposits within the New England gemfields, originating from ancient volcanic activity and later concentrated in gravel wash layers over time.