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In 1998, In 1998 Jamie Hill, a serious collector found an 858-carat emerald in his backyard in Hiddenite. Turns out that those emeralds were some of the finest gem quality emeralds in North America. It's now known as the North American Emerald mine. Jamie was on the Oprah show. He's still at it. http://northcarolinaemeralds.info/HiddeniteDistrict/NAEMMine/NAEM.htm

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