July/August 2013

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SparHawk

Mint Green Teal Tourmaline and the Silver Dollar Gem Pocket

Saturday night, standing in line to buy a theater ticket, phone rings. Voice says, “This is Jeff, we hit a pocket this afternoon, thought you might like to come up.” I said, “What time?” He said, “8:30.” Sunday morning at the mine. First photograph: SparHawk tourmaline and watermelon crystals in place (1924 silver dollar for reference). After that, the day just kept getting better. Jeff won’t allow us to talk about quantity, but someone said to him mid-day, “You can stop smiling now.” For the deeper story of this Maine tourmaline gem find, photographs of the Silver Dollar Pocket and a video of the actual June 9th mining of the Ice Cream Sundae Pocket, and pictures of the SparHawk jewelry we are making see…

www.CrossJewelers.com/sparhawk

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It’s nice to be standing right there while history is being made.

Cross Jewelers

Jewelers to New England Since 1908 570 Congress Street • Portland, Maine 1-800-433-2988


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