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Any good spots for Sapphires?
Mar 30th, 2023 at 2:57pm
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Hello Everyone, just looking to see if anyone knows of any good creeks in VA for Sapphires or Topaz. If you don’t want to post your spot for all to see then feel free to send me a direct message. Looking to take my 9 year old on some creek hounding.
  
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Re: Any good spots for Sapphires?
Reply #1 - Apr 7th, 2023 at 10:34am
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Sorry, Baxter, I missed this question of yours.
I've heard about it but never seen any good corundum found in Virginia. North Carolina has much better collecting sites for that, but here's a link to the Mindat map of possible locations of corundum in Virginia.
https://www.mindat.org/locentries.php?p=14028&m=1136

People used to talk of finding some corundum here,
https://www.facebook.com/people/Scufflin-Acres-Farm/100054316938891/,

Scuffling Acres would be a good place to start. You may not find any sapphires but good chance of finding some Amethyst!
Good luck!
  
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