Gigantic Crystals Ruggles Mine...

This is a scan of a photograph taken by my father on a field trip to the Ruggles Mine in New Hampshire, back in the late 1960's.He came back telling stories of seeing crystals of spodumene 12 feet long, and huge beryl crystals as well.You can see some of these crystals in the mid to lower right half of the picture.Some of the things visible are crystal casts as well...

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