Style: August Green
Item#: G4220
Precious Metal: 14K Yellow Gold
Gem: 3.20 carat SparHawk Maine Tourmaline (10x8mm Cushion-cut with Quilt-top)
Ring Sizing & Delivery Time – The majority of our rings are size 6.5 to start. Remarkably, this size fits 30% of all women. If you would like this ring made to a specific size, we generally ship within one week of your order. Click here to see how long we are currently taking to size a ring.
When you checkout online, we provide a real-time expected delivery date. Because of the value, and that you must sign for the package, we will call or email you when we are ready to ship to ensure a smooth delivery.
If You Need the Ring Faster – simply select in the finger size selection box “No Sizing Yet, Ship Right Away”. We will ship the ring in its present size. You will have your new ring in a few days, boxed, bowed and ready for presentation.
After receiving your ring, if you find it needs additional adjustment, give us a call and we will mail you a special free set of ring sizers and a prepaid return label to send the ring back to us for final sizing. Read more about ring sizing.
In August, the clouds build up in the white mountains. They are smoky white, pure white, curling, swirling a mile, two, three high to the very top. On the farm we could see them building. They would become so big that the undersides would go dark, charcoal dark. The sun in the late afternoon would cast deep shadows on the east side. They were like Everest mountains moving to the sea.
You could smell the storm coming. You could hear it miles away. As it got closer, it created a deep roar coming across the hills. It was night within, no rain yet, with bolts of lightning flashing in the west. Mother would run through the house shutting windows. One of us kids would take the laundry off the clothesline. We’d close the lawn umbrella and lay it on the lawn, roll car and truck windows up, try to get everything loose in and secure before the wind and rain. Some storms were pure fury. Usually it was a half-hour, felt like the Earth was shaking. After the storm, there were leaves everywhere wet, plastered on the car and driveway going every which way.
This is an August green SparHawk Maine tourmaline. Brilliant quilt-top faceting. Leaves, wet leaves, in gold going every which way across the surface of the ring. Smooth, all surfaces solid, it can’t be blown away.
We have one ring. It takes an exact size cushion-cut gem. The twin dilemma, if you needed a second one it could be months. The gem size must be exact. Even though the gem mine is still active, they laugh if I say I want a gem in exact measurements because they know the crystals are too valuable to cut on demand. Rare fine gems will always be cut to the biggest, best size from any crystal.
This is is a bigger ring, a ring of substance and presence like those magnificent powerful summer storms. This is a rare, beautiful ring.
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The Most Significant Find of Tourmaline
Anywhere in the World is Happening in Maine
Right Now
One of Maine’s most famous tourmaline mines laid fallow for nearly 100 years, then a young guy came along with faith and vision, bought the property, and began exploring for gems again, and as they say, “The rest is history”.
We are pleased to report the old gem mine is now producing SparHawk Mint Green Teal Tourmaline – the world’s newest tourmaline find and at the moment the most important tourmaline discovery in the world.
SparHawk Mint Green Teal Tourmaline is a rare color of green, the result of a unique chemistry of the rock in this part of Maine. This chemistry has created the brightest, most brilliant gemmy green tourmaline we’ve ever had the privilege to offer.
Since this new discovery, we’ve created an amazing collection of SparHawk tourmaline jewelry. This is an exciting time in Maine history. We show many of our SparHawk pieces of jewelry online.
Orders Under $1,000 – Free shipping via FedEx (allow 4 business days). You can upgrade to overnight delivery for $20.
Orders Over $1,000 require a signature on delivery. You may choose free FedEx Overnight or US Post Office Express.
Rings that need to be sized take extra time (one week). If ordering a ring, you may select, “No Sizing Yet, Ship Right Away” and your order will arrive according to the shipping schedule shown above.
Curbside Pickup is also Available – please give us a call to place your order.
Shipping Details
Orders Under $1,000 – Free shipping via FedEx (allow 4 business days). You can upgrade to overnight delivery for $20.
Orders Over $1,000 – Ship Free by your choice of FedEx Overnight or US Post Office Express. A signature is required on delivery.
Our extended ninety days, for a small business, is almost unheard of. Truth is, we shop for gifts too, and rather than scrambling at the last minute and feeling the tension of time, we like this more relaxed approach. We wish everyone did something like this… it would be a kinder, gentler world.