What needs to be in stock? Made me wonder if they really use our gems or just ship pendants they order in the different sizes and shapes they offer. One of the better-known fee mines is Franklins Cherokee Ruby Mine. The lady said they would ship in less than a week as long as everything was in stock. Ruby Gold Mine, Fully Permitted and Operational - 249 Henness Pass Rd, Sierraville. We were only going to be in town 2 more days so they were going to ship our pendants (no chain). But after we left I got to thinking about something the lady said. We choose to have pendants made from a couple of our gems which I was really excited about. Not sure we had any but seeing what they looked like afterwards in the store, we wouldn't have realized they were gems. The ring below contains one of them, a 63 carat oval, mounted in gold with. Some of the gems are easy to identify, and they showed us what a garnet was (or we never would have kept it), but a chart or board above the mining boxes showing rubies or sapphires would be helpful. Two cabochons were cut from it, and I guess the rest of the crystal remains uncut. A little more assistance when we started would have been better. Shop rings, earrings, necklaces and more at Smoky Mountain Gold & Ruby Mine in Cherokee, NC, and pick out a matching set of jewelry items. Kids had a fun time and enjoyed afterwards seeing what the different things were we mined. 957 US-441 South, Cherokee, NC 28719 Directions. The attached picture is what we found.not even that was worth the $50 we spent I feel like they showcase the big buckets with the chunks of gems sitting on top of them to get you to buy. In our Gem Mine you can find Ruby, Sapphire, Garnet, Amethyst, Citrine.
Third the “gems” we found were smaller than my pinky nail and the big ones we did find were the polished rocks from inside the store. Centrally located in Western North Carolina in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. (RECENTLY FOUND GEMS: (EMERALD, AQUAMARINE, RUBY, SAPPHIRE ( ALL PRECIOUS GEMS) (AMETHYST, TOPAZ, GARNET,MOONSTONE, CHOCOLATE QUARTZ, CITRINE and AMETRINE ( ALL. 1884 Georgia Rd. 41 Cherokee Mine Road, Franklin, NC 28734 (828) 349-2941 Emmas Place Mine for rubies and sapphires. It totally killed it for me right there as I hate if I tell someone I know what I’m doing and don’t want any help and they don’t listen. Cherokee Ruby Mine in Franklin, NC Mine for native gems and minerals like rubies, sapphires, garnet, and rutile. Second we told the miner we knew what we were doing and didn’t need help and he still dumped half of my husbands and almost all of my bucket into the sifters and started sifting the dirt to show us. First the buckets were 90% dirt and hard clumps of red clay you would spend 20 minutes breaking them apart for absolutely nothing. All our precious stone ore comes 100 from our on-site excavation. My husband and I love going to gem mines and this is definitely a “you get what you pay for” place. At Cherokee Ruby Mine, we do NOT and will NOT oer gem ore Salted, Enhanced, Concentrate, or Enriched with low quality semi-precious stones from other parts of the world.
It’s okay for kids to get the “experience” but i don’t recommend for adults who like doing this kinda thing.