Photos from: 2019 Rainforest Festival event: "Garnets and the Mitkof Island Garnet Mine"




Brian Varela / Petersburg Pilot

People of all ages were seated with a hammer in hand, chipping away at rocks in hopes of finding a garnet at Sandy Beach during the Rainforest Festival. Sal Gangialosi, owner of the Bella Vista Garnet Mine, breaks apart rocks in search of garnets on Saturday.



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