The stream is a tributary of Emerald Creek and after straining a couple of buckets of its alluvial deposits through a wire mesh, the reason for its fame washes clear-garnets! Idaho, despite its ...

And you’ll almost certainly leave this family-friendly dig site near Clarkia, Idaho, with your own stash of star garnets — rare gems found only in India and parts of Idaho. While rockhounds ...

The state gem of the ‘Gem State’ is the Star Garnet! Idaho’s semi-precious stone is a rare sight to behold! There are only two places in the entire world where you can mine star garnets.

A remote North Idaho creek valley that’s home to some of the most unique gemstones in the world has recently been reopened for public scavenging. The U.S. Forest Service had temporarily closed ...

ST MARIES, Idaho — The Emerald Creek Garnet Area in St. Maries closed for road construction and site improvements in 2019, and remained that way to adhere to social distancing guidelines during ...

What makes this case especially eerie is the lingering belief that Van Vlack's spirit endures, haunting the rooms of the Old Idaho Penitentiary to this day.” — Camden Schacher, Ghosts and ...

Garnet Patricia Metcalf Robinson, age 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully, with her children by her side, on May 27, 2019, at Foxtail Senior Living in Eagle, Idaho. Garnet was born in San ...