Appalachian Mineral & Gem Trails |
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agate Alabama amethyst apatite Appalachian aquamarine barite blue quartz Blue Ridge cabochons calcite chalcedony chert clay clear quartz collecting collectors color copper coral corundum County line Creek crystals are found deposits district dolomite dumps emerald epidote faceting feldspar Florida fluorite forests fossils Franklin garnet gem material gem quality gems and minerals geodes Geol Georgia gold granite gravels green hematite Hill hobby hobbyists iron jasper Jersey kyanite Lake lapidary limestone locality located malachite marble massive mica miles east miles north miles south miles southwest miles west Mountain Museum North Carolina northeast northwest occur one-half mile outcrops pale Park pegmatite Pennsylvania petrified wood Photograph Piedmont pink pits polish produced prospect prospectors pyrite quarry quartz crystals region rhodonite River road Route rubies rutile sandstone schist serpentine silicified sillimanite smoky quartz southeast specimens sphalerite Spruce Pine staurolite stone streams Tennessee tourmaline town trap rock unakite Valley veins Virginia williamsite yellow