Author Archives: CrossJewelers

SparHawk The most significant find of tourmaline is happening in Maine right now! A Great American Success Story Lost Tourmaline Mine Rediscovered just 28 miles North of Downtown Portland. One of Maine’s most legendary tourmaline mines laid fallow for nearly … Continue reading →

SparHawk Mint Green Teal Maine Tourmaline Find The Silver Dollar Pocket Historic Tourmaline Strike June 8 & 9, 2013 Saturday night. June 8. Standing in line to buy a theater ticket. Phone rings. Voice says “this is Jeff, we hit … Continue reading →

The Ice Cream Sundae Pocket Sunday, June 9, 2013 Sometime near noon Jeff opens a second gem pocket. A small opening in the rock, just enough room for a hand to slip in. This pocket is filled with water, a … Continue reading →

River of Gems Pocket July 7, 2013 Sitting on the porch, 11AM, reading the Sunday paper. Could hear the landline ringing inside. Dashed to catch it, only to hear the last five words on the recorder “Thought you might be … Continue reading →

Maine Mineral and Gem Museum Day October 14, 2013 After I got back to Portland, I got out of the truck, looked back, the dark seat was twinkling silver with flecks of mica. Sherlock Holmes could have easily deduced where … Continue reading →

World Series –The Red Sox Pocket October 30, 2013 October 30th, 2013 Wednesday 10:30AM Jeff called and said “we hit a pocket yesterday, thought you might like to come up.” I said, “I couldn’t, was staying home with a bad … Continue reading →

The Boston Sunday Post, 1910 “Havey, trembling with excitement, took them [the tourmaline] into the hallow of his arm like sticks of pitchwood and carried them away from the hole.”  Boston Sunday Globe September 4, 1910 Chance Blast Reveals $100,000 … Continue reading →

Maine has been Blessed with The Crescent of Gems Maine’s Crescent of Gems wraps around Portland, It starts in a narrow strip of land at the coast in Phippsburgh and Georgetown. It extends through Brunswick and Bowdoinham, Topsham, Auburn, Poland, … Continue reading →

Maine’s Crescent of Gems Consider this… If they found a tourmaline mine in 1820 that is still producing today; if they found $50 million worth of tourmaline on Plumbago Mountain in 1972 and thirty-seven years later, struck Eureka Blue tourmaline … Continue reading →