Foggy Mountain Gem Mine

They give you a big ol' bucket of rocks and let you sift through to find your own gems! Doesn't look like much at first, but once you sift it through water the striking colors stand out amongst the gravel

Sifting through the gravel to find your own little treasures makes the gems worth more than if you buy them elsewhere

After you've found all the awesome gems in your bucket o' rocks they sort them out and tell you what you've found. We got all these from the mother load bucket. They'll cut and set them in jewelry for you as well

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