The albite tends to also be massive but diligence can produce nice crystalline Cleavelandite. Shorl crystals are scattered about and included in some of the milky quartz, however, they tend to be brittle and crack very easily when trying to extract them from the matrix. Permission to collect must be obtained from and a collecting fee paid to Rodney Kimball, Box 6, West Bethel, ME 04217. Mr. Kimball has an antique shop on the north side of Route 2 at the west end of the town of West Bethel. He is usually there on weekends but it is best to call ahead.
Tools required are a shovel, three tined hand rake, sifting screen and rock hammer.
Don t forget goggles and gloves and insect repellent. Also bring water both for washing potential specimens and for drinking. There may be water in the pit at the back end of the quarry in which specimens can be washed off. The mine will be open, more or less, on a daily basis. However, certain mining activities and very poor weather will close the mine to the public at certain times.