Miners Heritage, Rubyvale

Mine Rubyvale, Queensland, Australia

What to expect

Miners Heritage is Australia's largest underground walk-in sapphire mine, offering guided tours and an underground gem shop. The mine is located in the heart of the Queensland sapphire fields and provides an opportunity for visitors to learn about the mining process and even fossick for their own sapphires. The tour follows the Monkey Drive tunnel dug by Charles Hagan in 1906. Visitors can also browse the range of Australian Sapphire Jewellery and spend time in the park fossicking for gems. The mine has an extensive range of sapphire rings, earrings, pendants, bracelets and loose Sapphires in every colour of the rainbow

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Exploring Sapphire, Australia with kids

This family's experience:

Activities: We took an underground mine tour at Miners Heritage, Rubyvale, where the kids could see first-hand the layer of crust where the Sapphires are found

Highlights: The kids could see first-hand the layer of crust where the Sapphires are found ✨