About Us

When Only Natural Gemstones Will Do

WELCOME TO ETERNAL EARTH!

Eternal Earth was previously called Sapphires For Her and launched in 2009 by Opal Search Australia.

Opal Search Australia is an owned and operated family business who have been involved in the opal industry in Australia through mining and jewellery manufacture for over 40 years.

Through our extensive network of contacts in the Australian mining industry, we are able to source some of the finest quality natural sapphire in the world from our own back yard.

In sourcing directly from the miners and using our own jewellery manufacturing procedures ,which we have had in place for many years we are able to offer our online customers exceptional value for money with the guarantee that they are buying a quality product.

Obviously a natural sapphire even with some treatment is going to be far more expensive than a man made sapphire, but we are always trying to offer customers the best possible price for our natural sapphire range. After all, why buy a man made sapphire when for a few dollars more you can have a natural one from us.

As miners of precious gems in Australia for many years we completely guarantee the authenticity of all our sapphires and welcome any test or examination of any one of our stones. For a more detailed look at our company history and mining activities please visit our sister site. www.opalstop.com

Why buy from us?
You may of noticed when searching other sapphire websites for a special something that a few will advertise their sapphires originating from such countries as Thailand, Burma, Madagascar , Ceylon, etc etc. Unfortunately the truth of the matter is that natural sapphires from most of these countries mines dried up years ago or have been depleted to the state that the quality is inferior from years gone by. Also you will notice that some of these websites seem to have an endless supply of this rare untreated or mildly treated material. Buyers from around the world , including places such as Thailand, USA and Europe have been buying their sapphires here in Australia and renaming them as being from different origin. The truth of the matter is that Australia is one of the main sources of Sapphire to the world markets. When buying from us you will be sure to be buying the original and genuine article as opposed to the guessing game which can occur when buying elsewhere. You have the peace of mind knowing that your Sapphire is genuine and has been mined exactly where we say it has been. Even when buying from the large retailers are you sure of what you are buying? Do the owners of these stores source these stones from the miners and set them themselves? The answer is no. The sapphires in most of these stores are sourced through their own organisations catalogues for franchise owners. Do they know the origin or treatment donee on these sapphires? More than likely not.
 
We source our sapphires directly from the miners, sometimes even in the rough, set the sapphires ourselves in stunning designs and sell direct to the public through www.sapphiresforher.com.au . Our process to get the finished product to buyers is all done by us personally and not handled by many different individuals where origins and sapphire treatments can be compromised. You will notice our photography is REAL. Not cartoony like drawings of a generic item you may receive. The item pictured on our website is the actual item you will receive. This is how you should buy genuine sapphire, as a one-off individually made item.    
Our Sapphires and Gemstones
Most people would be totally unaware that today a good percentage of the worlds sapphires originate in Australia. Sapphires are acquired in Australia and marketed worldwide by more familiar names such as “Burmese” or “Thai” sapphires. You can read much more on this in the articles below.
eternalearth.com sapphires are natural and sourced from the sapphire fields around the towns of Sapphire, Ruby-vale and Emerald in central Queensland and the famous fields around the towns of Glenn Innes and Inverell in New south Wales Australia.
If necessary some of our sapphires, but not all, have been subjected to a minimum amount of heat treatment , simply to remove any silk ,which is more than accepted as quite standard in the market today. No other treatments have been used to enhance the quality of our natural sapphires. Once again , please read on to gain a better understanding of some of the treatments used on sapphires today.
We are dedicated to honesty and integrity in the market place and as such we only source sapphire from Australia where we know of its definite origin. Many companies/shops will nominate a country of origin from which they claim their sapphires originated. Geologists the world over will tell you that it is near impossible to identify a sapphires origin. Customers buying from us have the peace of mind of definitive authenticity and origin of their sapphire as we don’t try and claim our sapphire is from somewhere it’s not. Sapphires marked as “Untreated” on the website indicates that there has been absolutely no treatment whatsoever carried out on those particular stones. Sapphires not marked as “Untreated” are subject to mild heat treatment as stated above.
We also source from other smaller mining operators around Australia, but we always only source directly from the miners and or cutters in the industry so we can guarantee the sapphires origin and treatments if any applied. We have built up our supplier base from being personally involved as miners in the Opal industry for over 40 years. http://www.opalstop.com
 
Every sapphire on the website , whether already set as sapphire jewellery or just loose sapphire is carefully selected by us to be presented to the public for sale. Our loose sapphires are extremely popular for that personal touch as many customers like to purchase that special sapphire and have it made to their specifications as a sapphire ring , sapphire pendant or sapphire earrings. An everlasting piece of sapphire jewellery to be handed down from one generation to the next.