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$25 admission nets couple 50.5 carat emerald at North Carolina mine

Michael Allan McCrae | April 05, 2012 | 4:31 pm Europe Diamond 

ABC News reports that two amateur rockhounds, Libby and Kevin Barrieault, found a 50.5 carat emerald in North Carolina. In mid-March the couple paid $25 to Jamie Hill, who owns North American Emerald Mine in Hiddenite, N.C., to explore his property...

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