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12567
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Varying in size and weighing up to 4.33 carats, at least fourteen known diamonds have been found in North Carolina. The first announced diamond find occurred in 1843 in Brindletown Creek, Burke County. Other finds have come from Mecklenburg, McDowell, Lincoln, and Cleveland Counties.
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12591
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Deemed by the United States Geological Survey as the most notable location in the United States where rubies have been commercially mined, North Carolina is a rich source for rock hounds as well as the American Prospecting and Mining Company for gem extraction. Found in Clay, Mitchell, Buncombe, Haywood, and Macon Counties, rubies found in North Carolina are in general, of the pigeon-blood variety, equal in color and brilliance to that of the Burma ruby.
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22596
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Since 1893, thirteen diamonds have been discovered in North Carolina as a result of gold or monazite panning. One such diamond found in Burke County, North Carolina resides in the Geology Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. It was donated from the estate of J.A.D. Stephenson who discovered emeralds and hiddenite in Alexander County, North Carolina.
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