BENITOITE MINE GRAVEL PACK #5, Mine direct to you!

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Capistrano Mining Company "Your direct source for Sapphire Gravel Paydirt from the Sapphire Mines of Montana, Benitoite Ore from the Benitoite Gem Mine in San Benito County, CA and Tourmaline Ore from Mesa Grande, in San Diego County, CA." -------------------------------------------------------- We are pleased to offer you a hunt unlike any you have had in the past. Benitoite is the California State Gemstone and is the rarest Gemstone in the World! This auction is for 1) Benitoite Mine Gravel Pack #5. This gravel was dug at the one and only Benitoite Gem Mine now named the California State Gem Mine, originally known as the Dallas Mine in San Benito County, California. The mine and it's owner were featured in the Travel Channel's television show The best places to find Cash and Treasures. In this pack you get 5 pounds of raw gravel that was dug by us directly at the mine. This gravel has not been searched in anyway. We dug it, sifted it once to remove most of the lose dirt and giant rock and then filled our buckets. The gravel is mostly covered in dirt and is randomly scooped into each gravel pack, so we have no way of knowing what might be in each bag. You might find some facet rough or specimen material, just like mining, you never know. Even if we cannot say exactly what you might find, we do take every effort to make sure that you will find something. We do not add or remove material from the packs, but we do blacklight every pack as it is filled, first to make sure that you are not surprised by finding any scorpions, and secondly to make sure that we are seeing fluorescence. You may find some specimen material, some triangle floaters or some benitoite rough for faceting or cabbing. Benitoite is very rare. If you find a single cuttable crystal you have done well. You just never know, just like digging at the mine. Please remember that all mining is a gamble! Miners say "You could be one inch from a million or a million inches from one". The more gravel you go thru, the greater your chances. We strongly suggest the use of a "Filtered" Short wave UV light when searching your gravel, since many of the pieces found are crossite included and can be easily missed. Here are some examples of gemmy benitoite and crossite included crystals. At present, there is only 1 other person selling Benitoite gravel bags on the internet and he's getting $40 per pound, and that is not even for mine dug gravel, it is from a down stream placer claim. Here you are getting 5 pounds of gravel directly dug from the mine for under $65. If you know benitoite, then you know 1 nice specimen or one small gem quality crystal can easily pay for the cost of this bag and then some! Benitoite specimens start in the $25 range and go into the thousands! Average prices for specimens are in the hundreds of dollars. Gem quality stones over a carat in size, once cut start at $2500 per carat and go up rapidly from there! On May 1, 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency & Bureau of Land Management, forced a closure of 31,000 acres that surround the Benitoite Gem Mine for a two year study on public health and safety concerns from exposure to asbestos, from the old asbestos mines in the area. There is no way of knowing when and if people will be allowed back into the mine. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW DO I FIND IT? There are 3 ways to search your gravel. 1. ( Good ) Dry search it. Spread it out carefully and look. 2. ( Better ) Wash it. Rinse off your gravel in small amounts then look thru carefully. 3. ( Best ) After washing, at night or in the dark, check it with a "Filtered" Short Wave UV light only. Make sure it is shortwave and not a standard Black light or longwave light. Benitoite shines a beautiful bright fluorescent blue color under Short Wave UV light only. If you are purchasing an Ultraviolet light for y... read more

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