TS2 – SAPPHIRE

This sign no longer stands at Gemstone Beach.

Te Hikoi Museum, Riverton/Aparima.

Page 8 of online pdf of Jocelyn Thornton’s “Gemstones” (1985). Source: http://www.onnaturesedge.co.nz/downloads/nzgemstones.pdf.

Jack Geerling’s sapphire from Gemstone Beach.

“Sapphire” was mentioned on the Heritage Trails sign that once stood in front of Gemstone Beach. It is a very rare and elusive stone and certainly not of “gem quality”. The following is a TumbleStone Blog Post on Gemstone Beach sapphire, written in June 2019: The “Elusive Sapphire” of Gemstone Beach

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