Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

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Mt Mica (1915 or earlier)
	Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Old postcard with a 1915 postmark. Caption: "Paris Hill, Me., The Cut, Mt. Mica Mine."
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Mt Mica Quarry (1895 or earlier)
	Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Photo from The History of Mount Mica Mine of Maine, USA and It's Wonderful Deposits of Matchless Tourmalines by Augustus Choate Hamlin (Bangor, Maine, 1895).
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Mt Mica Quarry (1903 or earlier)
	Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Photo in Farrington, Oliver C. (1903): Gems and Gem Minerals (Chicago: A.W. Mumford), p. 115.
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Mt Mica Quarry (1908, November)
	Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Mount Mica quarry in November 1908, looking west. Photo by E.S. Bastin. Plate 11 in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 445 -- 1911.
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Mt Mica Quarry (1911 or earlier)
	Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Photo of the Mount Mica mine when the pocket-bearing zone was close to the surface. A stick with a white card attached marks the position of each pocket. Photo by T.F. Lamp. Public Domain photo, courtesy of the USGS. (Plate 12 in USGS Bulletin 445, 1911).
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Mt Mica Quarry (1915 or earlier)
	Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Old postcard with 1915 postmark.
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Mt. Mica July 1991
	Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA General view of the Mt. Mica tourmaline quarry in July 1991. (From a scanned slide.) Photograph by Alan Goldstein.
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Mt. Mica Quarry - Digging for Tourmaline
	Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Bulldozer used to dig up areas blasted in search of gem-grade tourmaline. Mt. Mica, July 1991. (From a scanned slide.) Photograph by Alan Goldstein.
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Mt. Mica Quarry - Seeking Tourmaline
	Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA The famous Mt. Mica Quarry in July 1991 during a lull in the quarrying activity. Photograph by Alan Goldstein.
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Tourmaline quarry workings circa 1908
	Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Caption: "PLATE 58: Tourmaline-Feldspar quarry, Auburn, Maine. (From photograph by D. B. Sterrett, U. S. Geological Survey)" Source: Foshag, W. F. 1943. Minerals from Earth and Sky. Part II: Gems and Gem Minerals. Smithsonian Scientific Series; Vol. 3, p. 155-312. Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc. New York.
© 1908 D. B. Sterrett	Photo ID: 211625 View Count: 41