Sapphire is a birthstone and is linked with the month of September. It signifies faithfulness and sincerity. Sapphire is believed to be lucky for its wearer as it brings good luck and good fortune to its possessor and also protects him from evil eye. The jewellery of sapphire looks spectacular and incredible. Australian sapphire jewellery is one of its kind. The sapphires found in Australia are rich in colour and they are very sparkling stones.

Australia is the largest producer of blue and golden sapphires. Sapphires were first discovered in Australia in 1851 and during the Gold Rush period they were found at the Cudgegong and Macquarie Rivers. In east coast locations of Australia, sapphire and ruby are found.
These are members of the corundum family. Australian sapphire jewellery is made by using different colours of sapphire and parti-coloured Australian sapphires are also used to make intricate designs of jewellery including necklaces, pendants,
rings and earrings. These parti-coloured Australian stones have a mixture of colours like yellow, green, blue and white.

Australian sapphires are typical of corundum formed in iron-rich alkali basalt terrains and they have similar gemological properties to those from other such deposits found in Thailand, China and Cambodia. Colour zoning is also common in Australian sapphires including striping along the crystal or lighter zones at the tip. These sapphires have hexagonal crystal growth patterns.

The brilliant blue coloured Australian sapphire jewellery looks magnificent and alluring. Blue Australian sapphires come in different pretty shades and they are also found in a mixture of white and blue shade. Classy pink sapphires are very feminine and women adore wearing pink sapphire jewels. Purple coloured sapphires are very unusual and versatile with a divine beauty and they give different shades of purple in different light settings. Other colours of sapphire have their own elegance and beauty.