My North Carolina Mineral's

click on picture to enlarge it. This Picture is of the Brushy Creek Aquamarine Mine off from HWY 19 E

This is one of the McKinney Mine Shafts. It is located near Burnsville NC

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Aquamarine Rough BCAM

Aquamarine Crystal from BCAM This one was not a clear crystal.

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These are Golden Beryl's I found at the Brushy Creek Aquamarine Mine in NC

  Faceted Golden Beryl from the Brushy Creek Aquamarine Mine NC

This is the Old Presley Sapphire Mine office                

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This is from a 400# rock found at the Old Presley Sapphire Mine There is many Sapphires in it.

This is a chunk full of Garnets from the Mason Mountain Mine in Franklin NC.

This is some of the Sapphires that I found at the Old Pressley Sapphire Mine North west of Ashville NC

These Sapphires Came from Franklin NC a Dear Friend of mine Ed Dibble gave me these when we met at my home here in Wisconsin.

I got this from Mike Streeter of NC. This is a Garnet from the Little Pine Garnet Mine Madison County, NC This is a almandine Garnet in Chlorite Schist. Thank you Mike for this nice piece of garnet.

Kyanite & Sillimanite or Fibrolite NC

Kyanite & Sillimanite or Fibrolite NC

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