Rocks, Stones, Gemstones--Metaphysical Purposes

Arwen · 11-28-2010, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by rlin

there is a place called dahlonega, ga... it has lots of mines and such... there is a site from near there ( http://www.goldngem.com/index.php ) the place offers bags of dirt that you can sift thru and find all kinds of different gems and rocks... for 45$ delivered you get a great variety in the bag... its huge... prolly 25#s of dirt... and... i am a firm believer in playing in dirt... a friend just turned 40... she got a bag of dirt from me... and ended up with about 20 pcs out of it... and.... from the sound of it loved playing in the dirt again as an adult...

I turn 50 in March. This is SO going on my birthday list! What a fabulous idea.

Memory retention would be citrine. Also good for writer's blocks. It's often called the student's stone because it helps you focus.

clay · 10-15-2011, 08:28 PM

I go to Western NC..to a gem mine there...I have to look at name of it...they have 5 gal buckets and it is awesome what all you will find there! I have emeralds, rubies (native to that area), quartz, sapphires, rose quartz, moonstone, smoky quartz, clear quartz, garnets, tiger eye, black onyx, tourmaline, amethyst (lots of it in varying shades) to name a few. You can buy the buckets and take with you..along with a screen box ($$). They will cut the stones. My wife & I went 5 months before she passed..and she found eleven stones we had cut. The biggest is a 6.72 ct. sapphire. She has 3 and 4 ct. emeralds...sadly she didn;t get to see them..they arrievd the day she passed away. I have a ruby she found and had cut for me a ring and an emerald I found and had cut for her b day stone.. I have mined in that area for about 30+ years. Cowee Valley....LOVE it. Arwen if you have never gone, do go..I have also mined up in Dahlonega (NW Ga) a few years. I prefer Cowee Valley best...

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Originally Posted by Arwen

I turn 50 in March. This is SO going on my birthday list! What a fabulous idea.

Memory retention would be citrine. Also good for writer's blocks. It's often called the student's stone because it helps you focus.

Miss Scarlett · 10-15-2011, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by claybaby

I go to Western NC..to a gem mine there...I have to look at name of it...they have 5 gal buckets and it is awesome what all you will find there! I have emeralds, rubies (native to that area), quartz, sapphires, rose quartz, moonstone, smoky quartz, clear quartz, garnets, tiger eye, black onyx, tourmaline, amethyst (lots of it in varying shades) to name a few. You can buy the buckets and take with you..along with a screen box ($$). They will cut the stones. My wife & I went 5 months before she passed..and she found eleven stones we had cut. The biggest is a 6.72 ct. sapphire. She has 3 and 4 ct. emeralds...sadly she didn;t get to see them..they arrievd the day she passed away. I have a ruby she found and had cut for me a ring and an emerald I found and had cut for her b day stone.. I have mined in that area for about 30+ years. Cowee Valley....LOVE it. Arwen if you have never gone, do go..I have also mined up in Dahlonega (NW Ga) a few years. I prefer Cowee Valley best...

Are you talking about Rose Creek or Sheffield?

clay · 10-15-2011, 09:18 PM

Neither...I use to go to Bonanza...but th eowner died years ago..I go to the one in Cowee Valley now...I can't remember name of it..dang it...sorry..it will come to me though (senior moment) lol....its in Bryson City going towards Murphy,NC...is that Hwy 64...I think...west...it is on left going west, down in a deep hole almost...lol...these are springing up all NC now...it's a craze...lol....I used to go to one in Dahlonega where folks could pan for gold also..had a campground to it...way out in sticks..to snaky for me...me and those rattlers do NOT geehaw too good...lol

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Originally Posted by Miss Scarlett

Are you talking about Rose Creek or Sheffield?

Miss Scarlett · 10-15-2011, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by claybaby

Neither...I use to go to Bonanza...but th eowner died years ago..I go to the one in Cowee Valley now...I can't remember name of it..dang it...sorry..it will come to me though (senior moment) lol

i wonder if that's the mine the family of my ex's ex owned...

clay · 10-15-2011, 09:28 PM

George ran it for the old lady...and it was the first place I ever mined..way back in early 80's...my GF at time lived up in Franklin..worked at Angel Community Hosp. in lab..as phlebotamist...smiles...those were the great days...we went up every weekend and mined...then I found this place in Bryson City years later...and LOVE it....

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Originally Posted by Miss Scarlett

i wonder if that's the mine the family of my ex's ex owned...

Miss Scarlett · 10-15-2011, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by claybaby

George ran it for the old lady...and it was the first place I ever mined..way back in early 80's...my GF at time lived up in Franklin..worked at Angel Community Hosp. in lab..as phlebotamist...smiles...those were the great days...we went up every weekend and mined...then I found this place in Bryson City years later...and LOVE it....

i'm absolutely dying to get my paws in the dirt up in Franklin...planned to this year but never got the chance...did get to Franklin though but only stopped in one of the shops there...perhaps next summer...i also want to go up on Chambers Mountain and look for kyanite...i've got a huge hunk from there but it was a gift from the owner of the rock shop over in Maggie Valley.