$50 Emerald Bag From Emerald Village

I purchased the mid tier emerald bag from Emerald Village in NC. Here we go through the bag and show you what it consists of. Also at the end I give a walk through of the mine itself.
Peace of Mind Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@nightmarecoins8265]

I had more luck at hiddenite emerald mines in north Carolina for less price and got some awsome finds

[@SV_Try_Magic]

saw enuf mine salt at the lamps and for anyone interested in that mine they are closed all winter even though they say they are open on the website. so enjoy driving out there and finding it closed.

[@bradstoner7226]

The emeralds in your bag are most likely not even from North Carolina. They are most likely from Brazil. Traditional Brazilian emeralds There are mines in Itabra, Minas Gerais, Brazil and other areas in Brazil that have matrix that are very similar to the Crabtree Mine in NC but to the trained eye the differences are recognizable. Most of the Crabtree emeralds that places like Emerald Village sell are small under 3 or so carats and heavily embedded in a black biotite mica schist often with ample amounts of black schrol tourmaline, minior garnet, feldspar and grey quartz. Much of it due to size and quality is better suited for cabochon use rather than faceting although there are obviously exceptions with occasional larger very fine stones being found. You can't expect a $1,000 NC emerald in a $50 bag or bucket as these buckets are salted and someone put that material in it, again usually not even NC material. If you want a true NC emerald, you are better off finding one from a dealer or checking to see what the owner status is of the Crabtree Mine and contacting them for permission to visit the mine, which at one time was allowing visits upon a fee basis but honestly I don't know what the status is now. There is always the public fee mine at Hiddenite which has an emerald occurrence in a totally different sort of geologic formation to that of the Crabtree Mine. They sell the typical salted buckets but at one time did allow you to "rent" a spot in the emerald bearing area and dig on it and sluice the adjacent creek to look for emeralds that may have eroded into the alluvial sands. This sort of digging is hard work and definitely no guarantee to find anything but when you do, you certainly have a better chance of it being of some value and you know that its "native" or from NC! Roadside salted mines are for tourist and the kiddies but are still allot of fun and can be a good place to start a love for the hobby and to learn about minerals.

[@danielcoleman44]

I have a 5 dollar jar of Crabtree emerald mine emeralds...the man I bought them from had a quart size mason jar full of emeralds and if your having high clarity expectations... these stones are not it... the area isn’t rich with chromium like in the Hiddenite area emeralds... with that said they are still emeralds, beautiful enough to that location...

[@SirAzraielBridger]

Use to live in Johnson city Tn.. The so called emerald village mine is a massive rippoff/ tourist trap its not been active since the 1950's none and imean none of their bags or buckets contain any gems from the " mine" or surrounding area its all prebought in bulk from othersources most rockhounds tend to stay away from said locations if you want a better location try grandfather mountain / linville river gorge in western N.c. area as it has some of the oldest out croppings ive personally panned a few choice spots and found small flakes of gold as well as nice amethyst beryls aquamarines and sapphires even few emerald ....now days they clsim prostecting is forbidden but as long as your not machine prospecting or "digging/excavating" never had any issue as its a national/ state park just saying

[@KohubkgiPlayz]

Did you really throw back the others? They had emeralds in them too, while you only took the ones that were 100% emerald. Also, this bag was definitely worth it. Don’t think emeralds are common.

[@hunteryoung1176]

Wrong

[@chadsmith2281]

where can I buy some emeralds?

[@scotthardy5612]

Those little blue stones are apatite not aquamarines

[@hectorrosalescilips3398]

I’ll trade that for just one map

[@Jearrod]

Dang those were disappointing lol

[@evlgenius74]

ya emerald village is a bit of a rip off. standard tourist trap...