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Georgia, savannah area- any sites for gem hunting
Feb 7 2009, 2:37 PM EST | Post edited: Feb 7 2009, 2:37 PM EST
My family and I will be in Ga. for about 2 or 3 weeks. I love to gem hunt and I would like to take a day trip to go hunting. I need somewhere near savannah. any suggestions? please also give me costs if you know them
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1. RE: Georgia, savannah area- any sites for gem hunting
Feb 7 2009, 3:07 PM EST | Post edited: Feb 7 2009, 3:07 PM EST
"My family and I will be in Ga. for about 2 or 3 weeks. I love to gem hunt and I would like to take a day trip to go hunting. I need somewhere near savannah. any suggestions? please also give me costs if you know them
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Probably one of the very best sites in the Eastern United States is Graves Mountain. It is not far from Savannah just North of Augusta. Graves Mountain produces incredible specimens and gems including rutile, kyanite, lazulite, iridescent hematite, pyrophyllite, pyrite, ilmenite, muscovite, fuchsite, barite, sulfur, blue quartz and quartz crystals with a hematite coating. Don't forget the micro phosphate and phosphosulfate minerals that can be collected here. Woodhouseite, variscite, strengite, phosphosiderite, cacoxenite, crandallite along with accessory quartz, pyrite, pyrophylite, dickite, jarosite and sulfur crystals. It is a most stop for a Rockhound. It sure bests the tourist stops where the mines are salted with sapphires from Sri Lanka. The Atlanta Gem and Mineral Society over sees the mine but it open to the public.
See: http://www.gamineral.org/commercial-gravesmountain.htm There are three digs coming up in April - hope that fits your schedule.
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