Product Information

This is the New Gem Mountain Miners Pail.

New smaller, easier to transport size. Same sapphire yield as before, just less bigger rocks to go thru.

It contains approximately 3 pounds of raw gravel from the famed Gem Mountain Region, Rock Creek, near Philipsburg, Montana. It comes in this handy bucket that you can keep your extra gravel in or use any way you want when you are finished. It also come with washing instructions for your gravel, information on having your stones evaluated by the Gem Mountain Mine and faceting information.

The gravel from this region tends to be covered in mud and sand when it arrives, and that is how you get it. It does not have the fossil content or various minerals of the El dorado Bar gravel we sell. What it lacks in interesting rocks and fossils, it more than makes up for it in the amount of sapphires found and their bright colors. According to the mines owners, you will find at least 10 carats of sapphire in each bucket of concentrated gravel.

The sapphires from the Gem Mountain Region near Philipsburg traditionally are about the size of a pea or smaller. They are usually round in shape. Although larger stones can be found, most are under 1 carat in size. They can be found in all the colors of the rainbow. The most common colors are blues, greens & clear, but reds, pinks, yellows, oranges and violets are also commonly found. These sapphires also usually are very clear in their quality. Very few heavily included stones are found. Our largest sapphire find to date from this region was 6.75 ct. violet and pink in color. 

Makes a great gift and is tons of fun to go thru with the kids. Just wait until you find your first valuable sapphire, you will be hooked!