Rare and Beautiful

Rare and Beautiful Tasmanian Jewellery, handcrafted, we collect our own gemstones and handpick every gem, all ethically sourced for our collections.

Order online through the website. Worldwide shipping.Come visit us at Salamanca Market in Hobart Saturday's site 180.

Flinders island specials straight off the press and all so different . Almost 40 years ago I made my first ring with a r...
26/06/2026

Flinders island specials straight off the press and all so different . Almost 40 years ago I made my first ring with a rough gemstone and I love their rawness and the connection they give me with the environment we find these Killiecrankie Diamonds in , when myself and my family find stones along this wild coastline in Bass strait it feels like treasure from the sea that has always been a part of me . Ive always loved adventure in and around the sea and as a family we love it still . These 4 rings display well the variation in stones from one spot , a beautiful light blue slightly sea frosted pyramid at the back with a sharper flat glossy crystal below it and a light blue jelly bean bottom right . The 5 band ring has a 12 carat faceted stone from the same area of Killiecrankie bay on Flinders Island

26/06/2026

Large Killiecrankie diamonds 91/2-12 carats , 5 band sterling silver . These iconic Tasmanian gems are so bright and sunny in real life

Signet ring I made recently for Abel a friend of ours , a custom order from his girlfriend , It turned out well . Abel i...
21/06/2026

Signet ring I made recently for Abel a friend of ours , a custom order from his girlfriend , It turned out well . Abel is a young water man , fisherman ,diver and surfer so now he can wear a reminder of what he loves

A beautiful Killiecrankie diamond crystal Christo had just found on Flinders island when we were there a few months ago ...
17/06/2026

A beautiful Killiecrankie diamond crystal Christo had just found on Flinders island when we were there a few months ago , thats him fossicking around in the background, my boys all found beautiful stones , we were lucky

The boss , one half of Rare and Beautiful . One hard working awesome human I’m proud to call my wife and business partne...
07/06/2026

The boss , one half of Rare and Beautiful . One hard working awesome human I’m proud to call my wife and business partner. Our dream started 30 years ago at Broken head in NSW when Mel was just 19 years old , she is 50 now and still beautiful. I’m a lucky man to have found a life partner to share endless adventures with and a life amongst the rocks with our two wonderful boys . Sometime I feel like I’ve been kissed by a fairy. Mel is a talented woman not only is she a jeweller and awesome mum she is also a gemologist, safety officer and law graduate . I’d also like to thank everyone who has supported our small family business over the years , hopefully the love we put into our hand made treasures make your lives a bit more special too

20/05/2026

Just finished this beautiful 18 karat Gold and Sterling Silver ring for a friend , I really like how it turned out , such a beautiful bright large stone . It is so satisfying to see the finished piece of jewellery with a stone we found ourselves on Flinders Island

Turquoise is a rare gemstone that has been prized for thousands of years for its beautiful shades of blue and green , it...
17/05/2026

Turquoise is a rare gemstone that has been prized for thousands of years for its beautiful shades of blue and green , it has been used as adornment for close to 10 thousand years . It is a phosphate mineral formed from copper , aluminium and iron and forms in desert areas with little rainfall. Persian Turquoise is my favourite of all Turquoises as I love its vibrant colour and pyrite inclusions . This material is harder and glassier than other Turquoise I have worked with from America, China and Australia and is better suited to hard wearing jewellery . I’m in the process of cutting a bunch of stones we will make in to rings and pendants soon . It really is stunning material

I worked out that I have been digging fossil fern and fossil wood at Lune River for 40 years this year . Lune river in t...
17/05/2026

I worked out that I have been digging fossil fern and fossil wood at Lune River for 40 years this year . Lune river in the far south of Tasmania has some of the worlds best fossil plants , they date to the Jurassic period around 180 million years ago when dinosaurs wandered the earth. These ancient tree ferns, pines and cycads are beautifully replaced by agate and jasper transforming a once living plant into a gemstone . The piece of tree fern in the picture is the species Osmundacaulis Janii , it is one of my favourites of the 15 or so species of fern found there . Replaced at cellular level by precious agate the ferns original cell structure is perfectly preserved under magnification . The large “eyes” eventually become the leaves and the tiny spots are the roots .This piece would make the most beautiful jewellery and one day I may slice it up to cut gems from but for now it sits in storage with hundreds of other pieces . The best jewellery grade fern is hard to find , often it is full of holes , badly preserved , black or poo brown . Occasionally an awesome piece like this is found , I especially like the highly agatised light coloured material . Nature amazes me . 13 cm long 10 cm deep

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