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Rockhounds unearth a righteous gemstone near Darrington
Jason Henry was on the verge of giving up when he made the greatest geological discovery of his life.
Henry, 38, a Darrington native who lives in Marblemount, spent the summer prospecting for the valuable gemstone nephrite jade near Helena Ridge, about 10 miles south of his hometown. After seeing jade from the area displayed in Darrington businesses, he was inspired to go looking for it. But coming home empty-handed was wearing him thin.
“I was getting worn out,” Henry said. “It got to a point where I was thinking, ‘I need to find something or switch gears and put time in elsewhere.’”
Nephrite, known for its green varieties, is a form of jade created from colliding tectonic plates. It’s one of the most valuable gemstones in the world, along with its counterpart, jadeite, which is most commonly found in Burma and Guatemala.
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