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NORTH
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Old Plantation Emerald Mine Cleveland County, North Carolina |
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 W.E. Speer photo Colburn Earth Science Museum, Asheville, NC |
 W.E. Speer photo Main pit Jan 2006 |
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 Emerald and Other Beryls 1989 Old Plantation mine 1912 |
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 W.E. Speer photo Haul road at main workings Jan 2006 |
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 W.E. Speer photo Quart-feldspar-Tourmaline Pegmatite hosts Emeralds |
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 W.E. Speer photo Quart-Feldspar Vein |
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 W.E. Speer photo Weathered mafic rock hosts pegmatites |
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 W.E. Speer photo Emerald on Albite From Burnham Colburn Collection via Hanahan & Richard D. Dayvault Collections 1.78cm x 0.45cm (about 13.5 cts) |
 W.E. Speer photo Emerald found 2005 in old mine workings Donald Campbell Collection 1.5 cts |
 W.E. Speer photo Tourmaline Crystal found 2005 Doubly Terminated 3.56cm x 2.03cm (123.5 cts) Donald Campbell Collection |
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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. 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/ |
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