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Let's Go Ruby Mining in North Carolina
 When I was a kid, my parents took me on all kinds of adventure rides in and around our county. Up and down and around curvy mountain roads -- and me in the back seat feeling carsick. I wasn't real fond of some of those rides, but the drive to Franklin, North Carolina, was an exception. Not that I enjoyed the winding roads any more in that direction, but it was always fun to visit one of the native ruby or sapphire mines just outside of town. The gems aren't like rubies you find in stores. They're natural, and still covered with matrix, the rocky crust that's protected them since they were born. Want to see? Come with me on a trip to a North Carolina ruby mine.
| Sapphire is the September Birthstone
 Cornflower blue is the most popular sapphire color, but the September birthstone exists in lots of other shades -- pink, yellow and even brown are a few of the choices. Sapphire jewelry is a perfect gift for anyone born in September, and is such a popular gemstone that you won't have any problem at all finding all sorts of items in every price range.
Before You Buy a Sapphire: Photo by Lawrence Lawry / Photodisc / Getty Images
| There's an Affordable Gemstone to Match Your Favorite Color
You don't have to buy an emerald to own a gorgeous green gemstone, or a ruby to get deep reds. No matter what color of gemstone you want, there are affordable alternatives to expensive gems.
| Jennie Lorette Keatts Turns Mud into 'Gems'
 Turn mud into gemstones? That's what it seems like Jennie Lorette Keatts does with her unique, handcrafted pottery stones and beads. Set in hand fabricated sterling silver and outfitted with other metals, Jennie's pottery stones have all the depth and patina of turquoise and other semi-precious gems.
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