There's nothing like a bucket of sand to hunt through for treasures. The Pigeon Forge Gem Mine gives you the whole 5 gallon bucket. There's something novel about looking for stones in your own bucket of dirt and as a fun little activity this was interesting. I did get the aquamarine I found set as a necklace. It's my birthstone and there's something novel about turning something you found into a piece of jewelry. The Gem Mine offers a nice geology gift shop and the standard "we'll tell you what stones you got and offer to cut and set them" service. We ended up finding some emeralds and one ruby in our bucket and I got a smokey topaz cut for 15 $ just because it was pretty. It's not something you do every time you go on vacation, but it's nice to say you've done it once.
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AuthorA librarian who likes to travel and experience life. CategoriesArchives
June 2022
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