Moonstones in Montana, amethyst and emeralds in North Carolina, garnet and quartz in upstate New York. At pay-to-dig mines around the United States, visitors can paw through piles of mine tailings to ...

Apr. 7—Pink, green and blue tourmaline, aquamarine beryl and deep red garnet, purple amethyst and sparkling lepidolite — they all lie buried in Maine granite. To find them, all you have to do is dig — ...

PALAPALA — Treasure hunters don’t have to go far to indulge their dreams of a lavish strike. A commercial gem mine in North County opens its doors a few days a week to folks ready to pay $60 per ...

HENDERSONVILLE — Tayler Moore could barely keep her eyes off the pile of dirt, diligently digging through every granule like a girl on a mission. The 9-year-old from Charleston was hunting for gems ...

Villagers in Ethiopia uncover rare black opal nearly 10,000 ft high, reshaping the global gem market with vibrant stones.

The annual gem show is back in full swing, but this year there is a new and permanent installation just down from Fourth Avenue. The Crystal Cave is a new gem and mineral shop here in Tucson that is ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A gem that was found decades ago in a now-shuttered Colorado mine is going for thousands of dollars in an auction. According to the Colorado School of Mines, the Sweet Home Mine in ...

Some modern-day prospectors make thousands of dollars selling precious stones they dug up themselves. By Alexandra Marvar Moonstones in Montana, amethyst and emeralds in North Carolina, garnet and ...

Even before the pandemic sent people searching for road trip destinations and outdoor adventure, interest in prospecting and rockhounding (or “fossicking,” as it is called in Britain and Australia) ...