POLAND — The New England Mineral Association’s annual Mineral Tailgate Sale is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at Northeast Haven Quarry, 34 Levine Road.
The rain date is Sunday, Sept. 15. Entry and onsite parking at the tailgate are free.
New activities have been added for the association’s annual sale. With the help of volunteers the association is able to bring a small bit of NEMA’s Education Day to the tailgate. Youths can sift in a sluice pool for minerals from mine tailings, tour the tent with glow-in-the-dark minerals and scenes, look through a microscope at the crystals that make up minerals, learn about fossils and dinosaurs, and crack a geode to take home, as well as a gift of a free mineral specimen.
If the weather is good on Saturday, a touchable slice of the moon and/or Mars from collections of the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum in Bethel will be on hand, too, according to a news release from the association.
More than 25 vendors are expected to be at the sale, which specializes in minerals of the Northeast. Food will also be available for purchase, as will NEMA T-shirts. Non-collecting tours of the Havey Quarry will be held on the hour from 10 a.m. through 3 p.m.
Watch NEMA’s Facebook page for weather updates. People can volunteer for this event by emailing Jan Morrison at [email protected]. Volunteers donating a minimum of four hours will be invited to one of NEMA’s Dine & Dig Thank You events.
The nonprofit association has dealer spaces available. To reserve a space, contact NEMA President Jeff Morris at 207-232-4973 or [email protected].
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