Emerald - Crabtree Emerald Mine, North Carolina Zodiac: Libra (Sep

Zodiac: Libra (Sep

This mineral is often found in Argentina

This tree grows naturally in Central American climates

Blue Tiger Eye is also known as Hawk Eye

often containing magnesium or aluminum

Emerald - Crabtree Emerald Mine, North Carolina Zodiac: Libra (SepThis 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