Emerald - Crabtree Emerald Mine, North Carolina Commonly Found in China

Commonly Found in China

This is a nice-sized piece for the price as well

Vanadite specimens are very popular

This particular meteorite formed around 4

making it stand out among our other Brazilian amethyst specimens

Emerald - Crabtree Emerald Mine, North Carolina Commonly Found in ChinaThis 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