Mount Mica Rarities

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Maine Miner's Photo Gallery

Dean McCrillis mining in Newry, Maine during the early '70s

Phillip McCrillis
Putting the finishing touches on a cut tourmaline

The largest tourmaline crystal ever found at Mount Mica
Total weight exceeds 31pounds.

"The little Red Wagon"
A generous loan from Frank Perham, during the 1972 Newry Strike.
This was a critical piece of equipment for extracting tourmaline from deep within the gem pit.

Mining amethyst in Sweden, Maine during the late 1980's

Dean McCrillis and Vince Manson of the
 American Museum of Natural History
with the "Jolly Green Giant" (lower left)
now on display at the Smithsonion Museum