Opal Hill Mine Ready to find some fire agates for yourself? Wonderful, then fire agate mining at the Opal Hill Mine is the treasure hunting vacation for you. Mining for Fire Agates at the Opal Hill Mine The Opal Hill Mine located in Palo Verde, CA is the only fire agate mine in the world [...]
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Treasure Hunting Vacations for Fire Agates
Fire Agate How would you like to go on a treasure hunting vacation to find a gem that’s much rarer then diamonds and can be sold for $35 to $500 dollars a carat*? Then hunting for fire agate may be the trip for you, but you need to be up for a bit work to [...]
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Crater of Diamonds Imagine the excitement of walking along and finding a beautiful gleaming diamond right there on the ground just waiting for you to pick it up! Guess what, a place like that actually does exist; Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas has thirty-seven acres of diamond producing fields. This is the only [...]
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Emerald Hollow Mine The Emerald Hollow Mine in Hiddenite, North Carolina has been producing North Carolina emeralds for many years. Unfortunately much of what is found at the mine today has been seeded. Mining at the Emerald Hollow Mine The Emerald Hollow Mine not only has emeralds, which it is best known for, but also [...]
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Crabtree Emerald Mine The Crabtree Emerald Mine is currently one of only two emerald mines open to the public. This North Carolina emerald mine has been in operation since 1894, and has been producing wonderful matrix specimens since then. North Carolina Emerald Mining at the Crabtree Emerald Mine Although most of the emeralds that come [...]
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North Carolina Emeralds So are you ready to go out and get some of that green, the green that men have been looking for for thousands of years? No, not the green of a few dollar bills, but the wonderful, deep, rich, beautiful green of emeralds. Emeralds have been valued for there beautiful deep green [...]
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Copper So are you ready to go out and get a bit more of that wonderful stuff you may have in your pocket right now? No I’m not talking about that dollar bill, I’m not even talking about those nickels and dimes you may have, I’m talking about all the pretty little pennies, more to [...]
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Caledonia Copper Mine How Is Copper Mined At The New Caledonia Mine The Caledonia Copper Mine has two great ways for you to enjoy your treasure hunting vacation, first by purchasing a pile of ore and searching through it, or by going on a guided collection tour of the mine area. The first is done [...]
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California State Gem Mine So you’re ready to find your own Benitoite Gems? Wonderful, there are a few things you’re going to need to know before you head out on your treasure hunting vacation. See Update At Bottom of Page Things to Know for Your Benitoite Treasure Hunting Vacation First, the mine is in the [...]
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Benitoite Are you ready to find a gemstone that is almost as unknown as it is rare and best of all is expensive? This beautiful blue gem can go for up to $2500 per carat*, and now for the first time in over 100 years the only mine in the world that produces gem quality [...]
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