Treasure Hunting

We went to the Lucky Lake Gem Mine yesterday. A good friend came and picked me up. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! We didn't get to mine our dirt. They just sold us buckets of dirt to dig through. And the stones that we found were planted. If we only found what they got out of the dirt there, it would all be feldspar. That is rocks made of compressed dirt. And that wouldn't be any fun at all. So, we found some Amethyst, some Aquamarine (The Mermaid's Treasure and Emily's birthstone), some Topaz, and Rose Quartz. Even though the pretty stones were planted it was a lot of fun. The kids felt like they were digging for treasure. And we got to rinse the dirt off and scrub the stones. I think just playing in the water made it fun. Ethan got soaked.