• Garnet - Wikipedia

    Garnets ( / ˈ ɡ ɑːr n ɪ t /) are ... is the state gemstone of Idaho. Industrial uses. Garnet sand is a ... secondary product while mining for gem garnets and was ...

  • Idaho Ghost/Mining Towns | Visit Idaho

    The lure of gold and a new life brought thousands of people to Idaho in hopes of striking it rich. After the dust settled, Idaho’s mining towns went from booming ...

  • Star Garnets

    Mine-owner, John Ellison of Lewiston, Idaho in front of the Bechtel Butte Garnet featured exhibit, ... Star Garnets are a rare form of the Garnet crystal group.

  • U.S. Industrial Garnet

    Garnet mines and occurrences are located in 21 ... one mine), and eastern New York (unweathered bedrock; two mines). In Idaho, garnet is mined from Tertiary and ...

  • Star Garnets - 323 Gallery

    Star Garnets are a rare form of ... the Idaho garnet is usually dark ... Professional experts agree that this mine contains the “mother load” of the ...

  • Mining in Idaho

    (Idaho's state gem is the star garnet.) ... The story of mining in Idaho should close with the story of Stibnite, one of Idaho's youngest ghost towns.

  • Idaho Department of Lands

    216 rows· Idaho Land Board Department of Lands. About. ... (private mine) west of US 95 near Idaho-Oregon border: ... • Alder Creek Mining District near Mackay: GARNET ...