At-home Gem Mining Kit

At-home Gem Mining Kit: Who says you can’t mine for gemstones at home?!?

Educational and entertaining, Boone’s Mill Trading’s Gem Mining Kit is the perfect activity for kids and adults alike! Discover amethyst, fool’s gold, 600 million-year-old fossilized shark teeth and more!

This fun kit includes everything you need to unleash your inner archaeologist!

Each kit includes:

• Sifter Tray
• A 6 oz. bag of mine rough containing a collection of at least 8 different kinds of gem, mineral and fossil material (you’ll receive many more than 8 actual gemstones/minerals and fossils, but there will be at least that many varieties within your collection).
• Cloth Drawstring Miner’s Cloth Bag (4 1/2 x 6”) to hold the gem miner’s find
• Identification Guide that kids can use to figure out what gems they unearthed
• Ages 8+

Instructions: Just pour your mine rough into the sifting tray, run under water, and watch as the sand and dirt melt away, revealing gorgeous stones and fossils!

Educational AND entertaining, your kids will be amazed by the incredible objects found in a seemingly ordinary bag of earth. Boone’s Mill Trading’s Gem Mining Kit is the perfect way to teach kids about the formation of rocks and crystals, how dinosaurs once roamed the earth, and the fascinating history of mining.

Fun and informative for the whole family, this hands-on activity gives kids and adults alike a unique experience, a lesson in geology, and memories that will last a lifetime.