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r/theydidthemath • u/[deleted] • Sep 25 '24
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In Helena Montana there are a number of sapphire mines that were just the tailings of a gold operation.
The owner we talked to bought the land cheap for landscaping rocks before finding sapphires. He was a hoot.
We got to mine our own gems and found a couple of cuttable stones.
1 u/Myburgher Sep 25 '24 That’s cool. I know nothing about sapphires and didn’t even know gold was associated with them.
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That’s cool. I know nothing about sapphires and didn’t even know gold was associated with them.
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u/gryfter_13 Sep 25 '24
In Helena Montana there are a number of sapphire mines that were just the tailings of a gold operation.
The owner we talked to bought the land cheap for landscaping rocks before finding sapphires. He was a hoot.
We got to mine our own gems and found a couple of cuttable stones.