Mining Ventures
We’re not just sellers—we’re the ones digging it up. As commercial claim holders of both the King Citrine and Night Sky sapphire mines, we operate where few can. These alpine sites are so remote they’re only accessible by helicopter, buried under snow for most of the year. With just a two-month weather window, we fly in, set up camp, extract what we can, and get out before the mountain takes it back.
That’s not marketing hype—it’s why every stone we offer is rare, hard-won, and as real as it gets.
King Citrine Mine
High on Mount Breakenridge above Harrison Lake, the King Citrine Mine is a glacier-exposed, fracture-controlled hydrothermal quartz system producing some of British Columbia’s most distinctive mineral specimens. The site yields exceptionally clear quartz, natural citrine, actinolite-included quartz, scepter crystals, and rare ametrine specimens where amethyst has grown over earlier citrine. Formed within fractured granitic rock and exposed by alpine glaciation, each crystal records multiple stages of mineral growth, fluid movement, and mountain-scale erosion. Remote, seasonal, and accessible only by helicopter, King Citrine is a true source locality for untreated Canadian citrine and one of the province’s most remarkable modern gem and mineral discoveries.
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