Gemstones Found In North Carolina

By:  Camila Farah

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North carolina is another of the nation s hot spots for gem hunting. Southeast macon county s tessentee creek was originally operated by tiffany and company of new york around 1900. In 1986 california named benitoite as its state gemstone a form of the mineral barium titanium silicate that is unique to the golden state and only found in gem quality in san benito county.