National Geographic Gemstone Dig Kit: Educational Science & Geology Activity for Grades 1-9 with Instruction Guide

purchased as a birthday gift! they loved digging in and spending time looking for the stones. the guide was helpful to identify the stones and gems.

This was a fun kit and kept everyone entertained for hours!

Purchased as a Christmas gift for grandson.

Half the gems are smaller than pea size, and many aren’t polished. None of them are the quality shown in the pictures

Purchased this for my 10 year old who loves crystals/ geodes. She enjoyed being able to dig them out and clean them up after. Definitely good to do outside as it is messy but totally worth it!

How do you not put the right amount of rocks in your toy? Makes no sense. Very disappointing.

Very nice a gift for my grandsons bday

we were missing one of the 10 specimens, but the company agreed to send the pyrite separately. wish the kit had been complete from the get go to avoid frustration for my daughter, but good customer service from the manufacturer who handles national geographic gemstones! and also, target is great for standing behind us customers in case anything could not be resolved. overall my daughter had fun trying to figure out the best ways to extract the specimens. it did keep her busy without frustrating her. i've seen some gemstone kits where you have to basically laser out something from a hard rock--not even safe. this was way better suited for kids.

Really enjoyed this kit it was interesting and fun the gems are so pretty but I don’t think I got pyrite cause it was not yellow or shiny gold and I only got nine but that doesn’t really matter cause it was amazing

Fun activity for all ages !

This was a fun activity for my 5 year old son! Kept him busy for a while and he would get so excited revealing a new stone each time! The product claims it is messy but it also cleans up easily.

It’s about the size of my hand. All the gems are very close together and not really that exciting to “dig” out. I would definitely pay the extra money to go to a local “gem mining store”. Mine was also missing one gem. For reference my kids are 5 and 4.

My children had such a fun time digging for the gems. We just put down a large paper and let them go to town. It kept them occupied for an entire hour and had fun showing them off after they cleaned them off.

My kids really enjoyed this but unfortunately it was missing some gems.

Bought this kit as a gift for my son. However, it didn’t come with the guide book, so disappointing!

They should write "Not Actual Size" across the box. They were so small. My kid is 4 so she had a hard time digging. This is a toy for a 6 year old. If they aren't going to put a full size geode they should put a picture of a small broken piece like the one they give you.

Much like other National Geographic dig kits, my younger sons (8 and 10) both thoroughly enjoyed the time breaking them up and cleaning their found treasures after a grest amount of effort was spent releasing them from the base medium. Keeps kids busy, they also enjoyed reading the included pamphlet. If your kids have enjoyed other dig kits, or you think they would enjoy one, this is definitely worth getting.

It’s a gift for my grandson but I’ve gotten similar National Geographic things before and the kids love them.

Tiny, lack-luster gemstones - the fools gold piece is no bigger than my pinky nail, only came with 9. Very upsetting

One thing I really loved about this kit, was that it is quite time-consuming. Sometimes these kits are a bit too easy and the activity is over before you know it. This kept my eight and 10-year-old entertained. It is a bit messy, and probably a better outdoor activity.