🪨 Aquamarine
Blue-green beryl gemstone. Colorado's Mt. Antero and Maine's pegmatite mines produce world-class aquamarine crystals highly sought after by collectors.
Best Places to Find Aquamarine
Emerald Hollow Mine
Hiddenite, North Carolina · Fee Dig
America's only public emerald mine. 70-acre site with sluiceways, prospecting, and digging areas. The only place in North America where emeralds are f...
Gem Mountain
Spruce Pine, North Carolina · Fee Dig
Popular gem mining destination in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Professional gemologists authenticate your finds. Lapidaries can cut your stones before yo...
Mt. Antero
Buena Vista, Colorado · USFS Land
One of the highest gem localities in North America at 14,269 feet. Known for aquamarine, topaz, and smoky quartz. Requires serious hiking and preparat...
Maine Tourmaline Mines (Mt. Mica, Dunton, etc.)
Newry, Maine · Fee Dig
World-class pegmatite mines in western Maine. Produces gem-quality tourmaline, amethyst, and aquamarine. Some of the finest tourmaline in the world.
Maine Beryl / Aquamarine
Stoneham, Maine · Fee Dig
Pegmatite quarries in Oxford County known for beryl, aquamarine, and garnet. Classic Maine mineral collecting.
Gillette Quarry
Haddam, Connecticut · Fee Dig
Famous fee-to-dig quarry in Haddam, Middlesex County. Known for amazonite, aquamarine, beryl, chrysoberyl, garnet, quartz crystals, and tourmaline. On...