BLM and EPA Closure

Due to the Clear Creek Management Area closing, we will not be taking in any customers at this time.

Please check in regularly, we will keep you posted.

BENITOITE GEM MINE
NOW OPEN FOR FIELD TRIPS!!!

After 100 years, the mine is finally open to the public.

Rock hounds, gem and specimen hunters, this is your chance to find one of the rarest and most desirable gemstones in the world!

The California State Gemstone, Benitoite.

Recent finds include this 34.4 carat piece of rough Benitoite
(cut to 8.06 carats). Third largest in the world.

Other rare gems and minerals include Neptunite, Joaquinite, Djurleite, and Natrolite.