Bobby Dazzler Mine Rubyvale
Guided Fossicking, Underground Sapphire Mine Tour and Jewellery Store in Rubyvale
Opening hours: 8:30am to 3pm, 7 days
- Guided Tagalong Fossicking Trails*
- Underground Sapphire Mine Tours*
- Fossicking Park - we show you how to fossick for precious stones.
- Takeaway Bags of Wash, sapphire bearing dirt
- Jewellery Shop - Bobby Dazzler now boasts a jewellery shop with local mined and set sapphires and zircons, rocks and fossils and other giftware.
*Bookings for Fossicking Trails & Underground Mine Tours are essential and require 24 hours' notice.
Location: 1688 Rubyvale Road, Rubyvale Q 4702
Phone: 0439 697 023
Email: bobbydazzler.rubyvale@gmail.com
EFTPOS facility: Yes
FaceBook: Bobby Dazzler Mine Rubyvale
ANY CLOSURES:
Usually closes for a period around Christmas and New Year.
Closes Good Friday.
Closes on ANZAC day.
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Fascination Gems and Crystals
Tagalong Fossicking Tours and Jewellery Shop in Rubyvale
Opening hours: 7 days, 9am to 4pm
Fascination Gems and Crystals sell exquisite jewellery and cut stones and provide a gem cutting service with over 35 years' experience.
Talk to Dave about joining a tagalong gem fossicking tour, taking tourists out to the sapphire fossicking fields on The Gemfields. Visit sapphiretalk.com to get a taste of your outback fossicking experience!
Book your Fascination Self-Drive Day tagalong Tour with Keith, by calling Dave at Fascination Gems and Crystals on 0407 854 676 or, drop into the shop.
Bookings for fossicking tours can also be made with Anne at An Extra Facet beside the post office in Main Street Rubyvale.
Location: 72 Keilambete Rd, Rubyvale 4702
Phone: 0407 854 676
Email: fascgems@bigpond.com
Website: https://sapphiretalk.com
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Gemfields Fossicking Park
Fossicking Park and Jewellery Store in Sapphire Central
Opening hours: 8am to 3pm, Sat to Wed (Closed Thurs & Fri)
Come and learn how to fossick for gems found around here, primarily sapphires and zircons. We also sell gems, jewellery, some fossicking equipment and take home bags of wash.
Now serving barista coffee and a delicious range of treats including cakes, banana bread, cookies, and a gluten-free option!
Showcasing Wirrabah Gems.
Location: 1052 Rubyvale Road, Sapphire QLD 4702
Phone: 0482540546
Email: gemfieldsfossickingpark@gmail.com
Website: wirrabarrgems.com
Facebook: Gemfields Fossicking Park
ANY CLOSURES:
Closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, ANZAC Day, Remembrance Day.
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Jebs Gems
Guided Tagalong Tour and Dig on the Gemfields
Current operating season:
April 5th- October 5th 2025
7 days
Come on an adventure and learn to mine for sapphires and zircons!
On our tours, you will learn to dig, sieve, wash, and identify sapphires and zircons with the help of an experienced sapphire miner at a local designated fossicking area.
Our tours include all of the equipment you need to fossick and includes your fossicking permit while on tour.
This is a Tag A Long Tour, so you will require your own 4wd as we will be driving on dirt roads.
Call Rubyvale Miners Cottage to Book. Bookings are Essential!
What to bring:
Water
Snacks
Sunscreen/Mozzie Repellent
Cost:
16 and over $65
Kids 7-15 $25
Kids 6 and under are FREE
Location: Rubyvale Miners Cottage
Phone: 0749854531
Email: JebsGems@hotmail.com
Facebook: Jebs Gems Tag A Long Tours
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Miners Heritage
Fossicking Park, Underground Sapphire Mine Tours, Jewellery, Museum, Self-Sufficient Camping in Rubyvale
Regular opening hours: 9am to 1pm, Thurs to Sun
School holiday opening hours: 9am to 3pm, 7 days
Tours run hourly on the quarter past. 1st tour is 9.15. Minimum of 2 people.
Guided underground tours, underground museum, fossicking park, jewellery and gift shop showcasing Richardson's Sapphires, self-sufficient camping.
We take you down 48 stairs and 15 metres underground, through 440 metres of the world's largest sapphire walk-in underground mine. We show you the history of sapphires. Memorabilia and artefacts on display. Experience living history at the Sapphire Gemfields.
97 Heritage Road Rubyvale Q 4702
Phone: 07 4985 4444
See our events on WHAT'S ON
Email: admin@minersheritage.com.au
Website: www.minersheritage.com.au
FaceBook: Miners Heritage,Rubyvale
tictok: minersheritage
instagram: minersheritage
THE MINER'S CAFE - CLOSED
***Miners Cafe is available for lease***
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Pats Sapphire Central
Fossicking Park, Jewellery Store, Licensed Café in Sapphire Central
Opening hours: 8am to 3pm, Sun to Mon (Closed Tues & Wed)
DINE IN OR TAKEAWAY 
PATS NOW OFFERS Senior Card Discount 10% - conditions apply.
Pats Sapphire Central is a licensed cafe and barista coffee, a fossicking park, retail gem, jewellery and gift shop.
Healthy lunch takeaways, and just ask the friendly staff for gluten free or lactose free options. Pats also boasts a bakery and deli, soft-serve ice cream, iced drinks, and an awesome range of healthy juices.
Location: 1056 Rubyvale Rd, Sapphire Q 4702.
Phone: 0499186251
EFTPOS facility: Yes
FaceBook: Pats Sapphire Central
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Rubyvale Miners Cottage
Fossicking Park in Rubyvale
Regular opening hours: 9am-3pm, 7 days
We are a Fossicking Park offering an authentic mining experience without the back breaking work. Get shown how to find sapphires and zircons by our wonderful staff and enjoy a complementary cuppa and sweet treat with your bucket of wash. We are a proud member of the Sapphire Gemfields.
FOSSICKING EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE
Want to enjoy a day out Fossicking in the designated fossicking areas, but don’t want to invest in all of the equipment? Then hire our Fossicking Equipment. Includes: -Collapsible light weight Willoughby -Shovel -Pick -Bucket -Sieves
Location: 65 Goanna Flats Rd, Rubyvale
Contact: Sam
Phone: 0749854531
Email: rubyvaleminerscottage@outlook.com
Website: www.rubyvaleminerscottage.com.au
Facebook: Rubyvale Miners Cottage
ANY CLOSURES:
Closes Good Friday and ANZAC day
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Lady Luck Fossicking Tours
Guided Fossicking Dig on the Gemfields
Lady Luck is not operating during 2025.
Expected to re-start April 2026
Our team has over 40 years experience on the Sapphire Gemfields. Your fossicking experience includes all fossicking equipment with full demonstrations and morning tea at dig sites. Bookings are essential.
Phone: 0456433719
Email: fossickingtours@gmail.com
FaceBook: Lady Luck Fossicking Tours
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