Lastly, in North Carolina many beautiful specimens of the precious stones have been found, and a large capital has been raised to carry on mining as a regular business for one of these- the hiddenite gem.
"School History of North Carolina"
John W. Moore
There are critics who assert that the modern story fails of its mission unless it deals in extraordinary characters embedded like the rare crystals of hiddenite, in an extraordinary matrix; and that the public, tired to suffocation of its own commonplaces, has a right to expect something out of the usual run.
"A Republic Without a President and Other Stories"
Herbert Ward