Emerald - Crabtree Emerald Mine, North Carolina Whether you are attracted more

Whether you are attracted more toward the natural specimens or polished pieces

first applied during the 1730s

Anatase is formed synthetically to be used as a semiconductor

These make a get piece to add to any collection as they have been polished to really show their beauty

its current name comes from the french word "turquoise"

Emerald - Crabtree Emerald Mine, North Carolina Whether you are attracted moreThis emerald specimen is from the Crabtree Emerald Mine located in Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina. This mine produced emerald specimens beginning in 1895 and remained open until the 1990s. The mine is now permanently closed. The mine shaft extended down for several hundred feet and is currently flooded. This mine is one of the only 2 emerald producing areas in the United States. The other also being located in North Carolina. Many of the