Western North Carolina offers several locations for gem mining and exploration. Emerald Village, near Spruce Pine, allows visitors to dig for gems and go underground. Other popular spots in and around ...

Finding large huge ruby and crazy gem garnets! From epic and classic open to the public digging location! Called Mason Mountain in Franklin, North Carolina! You can go and dig here to! This location ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Gemfields Group CEO Sean Gilbertson saw an opportunity to reshape the colored gem industry when he joined the company’s board in 2008. At the time, “the colored gem sector was fragmented, unregulated, ...

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