Teresa R. Kemp * Nana Efua Adadzewa 1st
Queen Mother Mankessim Traditional Area
Central Region Ghana West Africa

Be my guest at the 
Upper Abbeville Gem & Mineral Exhibition
Come Learn with us

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Rare find from Diamond Hill Mine in Antreville SC USA Area

Exhibit Opening Reception: 
Oct 6th, 2018 from 
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Exhibit Dates:
October 8th, 2018 to November 7th 2018
Week days 10 am to 4 pm
Mine owners & Exhibitors will be on hand to meet & greet you!

Skeletal Quartz found at Diamond Hill Mine in Antreville SC USA

 SC Wild's Heritage Center in the surrounding area 

will be on hand to your answer questions.

 In a brochure about the exhibit, an explanation is given for the presence of gems in and around Due West: “The factors of temperature, pressure, space, chemical elements, and time have been just right in upper Abbeville County in SC USA to leave deep, rich deposits of amethyst and other gems which, over time, have made their way toward the surface.”

Bowie Arts Center's Director, Ruth Burton noted that many residents are unaware of the “rich veins of amethyst, aquamarine, skeletal quartz, garnets,

 and other minerals and gemstones” in this area.

Quartz Cluster from Gina Clary's Diamond Hill Mine Digs

Large Amethyst Cluster 

Bowie Arts Center is Handicapped Accessible 

* Free Parking * 

Fun Educational Family & Community Celebration of Science
A Must see Event

Four local mines—the Ellis Mine, the Cunningham Farm, the Diamond Hill Mine, and the Ashley Farm—are represented in the exhibit. In addition, John Rhodes Director of SC Wild's Heritage Center in McCormick SC USA, who is a longtime collector of minerals, will offer a display as part of the exhibit. Videos from Bryan Major, “The Crystal Collector,” will be featured.  Teresa Kemp, owner of SC Wild’s Heritage Center of Plantation Quilts in McCormick, will also present a display.

Skeletal Quartz collected from Diamond Hill Mine in Antreville, SC USA

Rock hounding Groups, home schoolers & school groups are welcomed. 

Contact your local 4-H, Boy & Girl Scouts, and Future Farmers of America organizations to 

make sure they get to learn about this forgotten disipline

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From Diamond Hill Mine Antreville, SC USA

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For More Information on the 

Diamond Hill Mine in Antreville SC USA visit: 

https://diamondhillmine.com/

Skeletal Quartz from Diamond Hill Mine in Antreville SC USA

For more information on the upcoming 

2018 Gem & Mineral Exhibit contact:

Teresa R. Kemp Phone 

(803) 618-2250

SC Wild's Heritage Center 

201 S. Main Street/P. O. Box 941

McCormick, SC 29835 

Our historic 108-year old McCormick SC Train Depot 

is honored to have the following designations:

National Register of Historic Places in America * SC National Heritage Corridor

Preserve America Designated

African American Heritage Corridor

A Lift Every Voice & Sign Site  National African American Museum of History & Culture

www. PlantationQuilts.com

@1keeperofthefire 

or
The Bowie Arts Center Contact
Ruth Burton's  Phone: (864) 379-8867.