Yesterday in Philipsburg, Montana we went to Gem Mountain to do some sapphire "mining".  We bought buckets of gravel, washed it, and then searched through the contents for sapphires.  It was a time consuming process and we had lots of fun doing it.  We found about 30 or so sapphires, most of them too small to have cut but we did find 2 that were a sufficient size that we are having them cut.  It was a wonderful adventure and we had a great afternoon doing it.  The weather was so pleasant, even getting slightly cool.  It's the first time we've felt cool during the day for about 4 months. Ann
Searching for precious gems was awesome and I can't wait for the two sapphires to come back from the cutters so that we can have them mounted in some really cool ring for Ann. Richard