BLACK SMOKY QUARTZ, Placer Mining Claim, Rock Creek, Beaver County, Utah
BLACK SMOKY QUARTZ UMC426734 20 Acre Unpatented Placer Mining Claim on Federal Land in Beaver County, Utah With this claim you will be getting the exclusive mineral rights to 20 acres on an excellent spot located in Beaver County. This particular area is known for finding smoky quartz. Smoky quartz is the National Gem of Scotland and has been considered a sacred stone there for a long time, a belief dating back to the Druids. The stone is the birthstone for Scorpios. Smoky quartz is one of the rare brown gemstones. Other rare brown gemstones are topaz, black beryl and brown. The word "quartz" comes from the German About this sound Quartz, which is of Slavic origin (Czech miners called it křemen). Other sources attribute the word's origin to the Saxon word Querkluftertz, meaning cross-vein ore. It is used in Scottish jewelry and as a decoration on kilt pins and the handles of sgian dubhs (anglicised: skean dhu). The largest known cairngorm crystal is a 23.6 kg (52 pound) specimen ke