Gem Mining in the Smoky Mountains

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General Description: With a collective seventy years of experience in design, casting, fabrication and stone-cutting, the Gem Factory can meet your jewelry needs, no matter how unique, large or small. The Gem Factory also contains an International mineral and fossil collection, with more than 500 varieties of minerals and rocks, including quartz, amber, calcite, obsidian and pyrite. When you visit, you will be delighted with the intricately carved stone and wood sculptures, the wide varie ...

General Description: Open daily, 9am. Colorful gems in every bucket! Rain or shine, covered flume. All equipment provided with assistance to identify gems. Gemnologist on premises. Gem dirt mailed with an identification chart. Request at website or gemine@smnet.net.

General Description: A rock hound's paradise! Custom stone cutting, gemstone setting, jewelry designing, repairs, ring sizing. Sterling silver, gold and copper jewelry. Vast selection of precious and semi-precious gemstones - cut and rough. Gifts of onyx, stone and glass, geodes, crystals, bookends, specimen minerals, books, tumblers and lapidary equipment. Shipping available. Open 10-5 daily.

General Description: Gold City Gem Mine,Jewelry and Rock Shop offers Gem Mining both native and international,Gold Panning and Turquoise Panning all with(NO ADMISSION FEES) Home of the 1061 CARAT SAPPHIRE featured in People Weekly, Disney Adventure and Rock and Gem Magazines. Come visit us here at Gold City and Spend the day mining for precious gems Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Amethyst, Topaz, Citrine, Tourmaline and much more! Visit our Rock Shop where we have stones from around the world. ...

General Description: Cleanest mine around, help for the inexperienced, on Waterfall drive between Franklin and Highlands. HW 64E.

General Description: The Mason Ruby and Sapphire Mine is the only mine in Macon County that permits you to dig your own gems. Featuring "native" rubies and sapphires.

General Description: At Nantahala River Gem Mine the gemstone material comes from both the local area, and from mines all over the world. Gems and minerals do not all run together. They come from a variety of different mines, wherever that specific gem is found. Many of the mine sites are in remote and not easily accessible locations. The gemstone material is brought to our bagging plant and bagged. It is then brought to our retail location in the Nantahala Gorge for your pleasure and enj ...

General Description: Good, Clean Dirty Fun! Located in Franklin, NC, Rose Creek Mine is where you come to dig in our gem tunnel. We provide all equipment and help you to identify the stones. Our miners have found garnets, rubies, sapphires, smoky and rose quartz, amethyst, emerald and more. Lapidary equipment also available in our great gift and rock shop

General Description: Ruby City Gems and Minerals located in downtown Franklin, NC offers custom gem cutting and mounting: 14k gold jewelry and findings, thousands of cut gemstones, lapidary equipment and supplies, mineral specimens, stone carvings and bookends, free museum and store. Western North Carolina's oldest and finest rock shop and jewelry store, established in 1958. Boasts a large, free museum with specimens from the local area and around the world.

General Description: Sheffield Mine is located in Franklin, NC. A native ruby mine for both experienced and amateur rock hounds. We have a gift shop, restrooms, and all the necessary mining equipment is provided. Open from April Fools Day, (April1st) to Halloween, (October 31) from 10 am to 5 pm, except in June, July and August open until 6 pm.