Emerald - Crabtree Emerald Mine, North Carolina Santa Maria Mining District

Santa Maria Mining District

We had a few of these bears and this is the only one left online

You will receive the bowl pictured

This is a typical specimen when you hear Spinosaurus tooth

These agates are so special because of their rarity and the process behind their formation

Emerald - Crabtree Emerald Mine, North Carolina Santa Maria Mining DistrictThis 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