January-February 2010

by John S. White

Most mineral collectors, even those from other countries, are fully aware of the richness of the United States with respect to gem deposits, but the average consumer of gems surely has no idea of the wealth of gem material that has been and is still being extracted from the earth in this country. I suspect that the diversity of gems found here easily rivals that of any other country in the world.

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