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Crabtree Emerald Mine, NC
Gem locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: emerald, albite, muscovite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: emerald in albite/quartz pegmatite of the Spruce Pine district
Classic NC emerald source documented on mindat and in NCDEQ/geological literature.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Overgrown pits, water, remote terrain
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