Announcing the Chaffee County “Diamond” Quest
We are please to announce that we will be hiding a certificate that can be redeemed for a faceted Chaffee County “Diamond” faceted by John A. Rhoads somewhere in the vicinity of D&J Rare Gems of Salida, Colorado. Get out your treasure hunting skill and be the first to locate the certificate and then contact us to redeem it for a well cut quartz gem that was found and faceted here in the Heart of the Rockies, Chaffee County. Clue will be scattered throughout our website beginning in late June 2024.
The Chaffee County “Diamond” Quest
In Western Chaffee County on the slopes of Taylor Mountain are found quartz
crystals that when faceted with the proper angles appear diamond like and are thus
referred to as Chaffee County “Diamonds”. We, along with the claim holders for the
deposits on which these quartz crystals are found, have decided to secretly hide
certificates that can be redeemed for one of the gems that were cut from these crystals, in
various locations throughout Chaffee County. Clues as to where these certificates can be
found are located within our website at djraregems.com.
The contest is open to all interested parties and is free to participants.
All the certificates will be located within Chaffee County. Once a certificate is
found it can be redeemed for a faceted gem by contacting us at D&J Rare Gems by
calling us at 1 719 530 0628 or 1 719 221 4008 or emailing us at
djraregems228@yahoo.com. Anyone redeeming a certificate must agree to have his or
her image used in any publicity that may result as a follow up to their discovery. Family
members and the claim holders of the quartz deposits are ineligible to claim a gem.
Winners will be announced on our website and in local publications.
We hope you have as much fun searching for these treasures as we have mining and cutting them.
If you have any questions contact us at djraregems228@yahoo.com
Welcome to the D&J Rare Gems website. We offer a broad selection of gems from around the world. The site is managed by John and Donna Rhoads from Salida, Colorado. John is a geologist, geochemist, graduate gemologist, and award-winning gem cutter. Donna handles the books for the business as well as does the photography of all the images that appear on our website.
We welcome you to take your time and peruse our website for that one-of-a-kind gemstones for either your collection or to be set in jewelry. We also welcome your inquiries and questions concerning not only gems from our website but those from other sites as well.
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Donna and John Rhoads
D&J Rare Gems, Ltd.
PO Box 824
Salida, CO 81201
1 719 530 0628