Dazzling display: The Muscadines of Oglethorpe, the state’s largest amethyst cluster, were dug from the ground in Stephens

The Muscadines of Oglethorpe, which were discovered on Lewis Sanders’ property in Stephens in 1994, are on display at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
The Muscadines of Oglethorpe, which were discovered on Lewis Sanders’ property in Stephens in 1994, are on display at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

When Lewis Sanders received a letter from Chester Karwoski in 1994, inquiring about digging up parts of his farm in Stephens for crystals, he didn’t have high expectations they would find much. 

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