Record #:

10379

Author(s):

Chapman, Ashton

Abstract:

This article discusses the presence of sapphire sources in Jackson and Macon Counties. Locals found the stones in abundance during farming, but the actual discovery waited until late in the 1850s. This region has provided large minerals to major science museums throughout the U.S.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 7, Sept 1966, p10

Subject(s):

Minerals; Sapphires--Jackson County; Sapphires--Macon County