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Maine
Mount Mica, Paris, ME
Gem locality Source-confirmed findsPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: lepidolite, cleavelandite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: gem tourmaline in Oxford County pegmatite
Historic first US gem tourmaline mine, still commercially worked; heavily documented.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Active mine workingsBlasting, steep dumps
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