The program for the evening will be a presentation on the Crabtree emerald mine. Club members Roger and Jacolyn Campbell and Steve and Karen Kiser will share photos and tales of a recent field trip ...

At its Crabtree Emerald Mine, for $20 per day you can dig through the above-ground dumps of the long-closed mine and for gemstones – emeralds, black tourmaline, garnet, fluorite, aquamarine ...

There are some rare finds among the so-called semi-precious gems that can be priced higher than the big three ... which owns the world’s largest emerald mine, the Kagem in Zambia.