After finishing up the mineral chapter, the students in Benton Willis’s class panned for gemstones. The students were able to find many gemstones as well as other minerals, i.e. rubies, sapphires, pyrite, quartz, etc. All students were able to keep what they found. Pictured panning for gems are (l-r): Dylan Howard, Russ Spratlin, Matthew Blevins, Monica Jones, Karl Perrin, and Jeffery Brown.