An overabundance of comp time, plus a quick visit from HaPa and Grandma, found us spending a half day at Ruggles Mine in Grafton, NH. It's an interesting place, a former quartz, tourmaline, and mica mine that they have re-purposed as a tourist attraction. You can bring a rock hammer and safety goggles and collect your own "precious gemstones" (as we told Aiden)... sacks full if you like. What's left for the collecting is basically hunks of mishmashed mica flakes and big chunks of smoky and white quartz, so not really "worth" it for the steep $23/per person admission price, but Aiden had a good time. He also got in free, so I'd say he made out the best! Grandma Chris and Grandma Sally tagged along after Aiden while HaPa the serious geologist got to work. I'm not sure what I did, but we have some pretty spiffy new rocks for our fish tank.
Big flakes of Mica
Trying out the geeky goggles
Shades are way cooler
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