Treasure Hunting

Back in this post , I mentioned that I was going to buy a bag of gem-ore from Spruce Pine Gemstone Mine just to see what kind of goodies it might contain. Well, it came in the mail yesterday (well within the alloted delivery time, I might add), and I started going through it. There was a lot more in the bag than I thought there was so this is going to take some time, but I thought I could go ahead and give an update of what I’ve found so far.

It’s pretty clear that the gems were placed in the bag of rocks, but I think that comes as no surprise. How else could they offer a guarantee that you would find items in each bag? Even with that, I am having tons of fun with this. I even love the gorgeous right rock and sand that the gems came packed in. In addition to picking out the gems, I’ve gotten the nicer white rocks and put them aside to clean off. I think they will make great additions to other craft-type projects. I still haven’t cleaned any of the gems specimens very well yet, but there seem to be some nice ones! When I get them cleaned, I will post some more pictures. But so far, I am pretty pleased with this little experiment. It’s a lot more fun that I thought it would be.

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