North Carolina Emeralds

NORTH CAROLINA
EMERALDS

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Emerald Book
Just Published!

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This Site is Dedicated to the
Natural Emerald Treasures Found in North Carolina

Home of the Largest and most Valuable Emeralds ever found in North America!

Follow the Links above to see more Emeralds from each Mine

North America's Largest Faceted Emerald?
30.8 ct faceted emerald cut from a 67 ct crystal which was part of a 666 ct cluster of emerald crystals found in 1991 in Mitchell Co., NC (not from the Crabtree mine).


Did you know that NORTH AMERICA's 20 LARGEST EMERALDS CAME FROM NORTH CAROLINA!

*Rank*	*Carats*	*Emerald*
1 1,869 NAEM Emerald 2003 NAEM Mine, 19.5 cm, Houston Museum Natural Science, Houston, TX 2 1,686 LKA Emerald 1984 NAEM Mine, 3.8 x 11.4 cm, LKA collection, Gig Harbor, WA 3 1,493 Reitzler/Williams/Hartwell Twin 1971 Adams Mine, 2.7 x 10.5 cm, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC 4 1,438 Finger Emerald (Stephenson Emerald) 1969 NAEM Mine, 5.4 x 7.3 cm, LKA collection, Gig Harbor, WA 5 1,400 Hill Emerald 2007 NAEM Mine, NAEM collection, Hiddenite, NC Newest Discovery! 6 1,377 Bolick/Arnold Cluster 1971 Adams Mine, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC 7 1,276 Hidden Emerald 1881 Adams Mine, 21.6 cm, stolen from American Museum Natural History in 1950, still missing 8 1,270 Hidden Emerald 1886 Adams Mine, 4.1 x 7.0 cm,Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC 9 1,215 Baltzley Twin 1970 Adams Mine 10 965 Hill Emerald 2006 NAEM Mine, Houston Museum Natural Science, Houston, TX 11 934.9 Bolick Twin 1971 Adams Mine, 3.5 x 6.5 x 14.0 cm, Houston Museum Natural Science, Houston, TX 12 900 Reitzler/Williams/Hartwell Twin 1971 Adams Mine, Houston Museum Natural Science, Houston, TX 13 858 Empress Caroline 1998 NAEM Mine, Southeastern Emerald Consortium collection 14 817.5 Baltzley Twin 1971 NAEM Mine 15 750 Wright Emerald 1907 Ellis Mine, 3.8 x 5.1 cm 16 722.7 Bolick Emerald 1977Adams Mine, Grandfather Mountain Nature Museum, Linville, NC 17 591 Hill Twin 2006 NAEM Mine, NAEM collection, Hiddenite, NC 18 467 Ormond Twin on Goethite 1969 NAEM Mine, 1.4 x 8.9 cm, Dal-An Museum, locatin unknown 19 450 Reitzler/Williams/Hartwell Emerald 1971 Adams Mine, North Carolina Museum Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC 20 433 Reitzler/Williams/Hartwell Cluster 1971 Adams Mine, American Museum Natural History, New York, NY NOTE: A 1,676 carat Emerald was reportedly found in 1977 at the Crabtree Mine; however the actual existance of this crystal is uncertain Where known, the locations of the above crystals are given
NORTH CAROLINA'S EMERALDS ARE ALSO NORTH AMERICA'S MOST VALUABLE!
+ $1,000,000 North America's Largest uncut Emerald NAEM Emerald 1,869 cts sold as museum specimen, valued at over $1M! + $1,000,000 Carolina Queen 18.8 cts cut gem in diamond setting, North America's largest and most valuable cut emerald! $619,000 Carolina Prince 7.85 cts cut gem in diamond setting, Highest price ever paid per carat for a North American cut gemstone! (2007 dollars) $456,000 Tiffnay Emerald 13.14 cts cut gem (aka Carolina Emerald), (2007 dollars) $100,000 Carolina Dutchess 8.85 cts cut gem

Announcing

Emerald Crystal Pockets of the Hiddenite District, Alexander Co, NC

by
Wade Edward Speer, MS Geology

Fieldtrip Guidebook
Prepared for the
Geological Society
of America
Southeastern Section
Annual Meeting
Charlotte, NC
April 2008

Please see note below concerning emerald mines open to the public in North Carolina

Just Published!

The most complete coverage of the
Emeralds of Hiddenite
The Latest Discoveries
High Resolution Color Plates
29 Images including 12 Emerlads
See inside Crystal Pockets
New Geological Insights
28 pages
Fully Referenced
Simply the best geologic & pictorial guide ever published on these depsoits

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$15 each

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Vacation Closure

We will be closed July 15-27, 2009

Orders placed during this time will be processed the week of July 27th

Please note that all of the emerald mine properties in North Carolina are privately owned and potential visitors should arrange permission before arriving on the property. The NAEM mine at Hiddenite is NOT open to the public. Only two mines are open to the public for mineral collecting:
1) The Crabtree Emerald Mine near Little Switzerland, NC http://www.wncrocks.com/resources/Collecting%20site%20crabtreemine1.htm
2) The Emerald Hollow Mine at Hiddenite, NC http://www.hiddenitegems.com/

For information on other mineral collecting sites in North Carolina, see: http://www.wncrocks.com/ and http://www.mcrocks.com

This web site is constantly under construction
If you have any corrections or additions, please contact
Ed Speer at ed@SpeerMinerals.com