Chris-Craft 24 ft Sportsman
Mahogany Speed Boat
Bicolor Maine Tourmaline
& Diamond Necklace
In this dream I live on a lake. I’m a rich guy with 14 acres and a big broad sandy beach with spruce trees. I live on the Eastern shore and can see across my blue lake a quarter mile to the other shore where more spruce trees grow green. They call my lake Golden Pond to tone down the aura of elegance…keeps tourist-types away. My boat is a Chris-craft sportsman at 24 feet with an internal engine. It’s an all mahogany speed boat…I get a kick out of opening it up on my lake to create an awesome white wake.
So here is my favorite time of day – sunset, the green spruce trees on the other side and with the right atmosphere in the evening the water turns pink. I would love to live to be 150 just watching the green trees and the pink water on my lake.
This is a big Maine watermelon tourmaline in pink and green from the 1972 find on Plumbago Mountain. With 22 diamonds framing this gem and another five sparkling in the loop bail, all are natural earth-mined diamonds in 14 karat yellow gold with an 18 inch chain. I know Katherine will love it.
Maine Tourmaline, A Maine Story
An American Gem
First discovered in 1820 and in subsequent finds over the years, these early discoveries put Maine on the world map as a source for high-quality tourmaline gems. A major discovery in 1972 on Plumbago Mountain in Newry, Maine established Maine as a significant world source of fine tourmaline gemstones.
Cross recognized the historical significance of this find and began working closely with the miners of these magnificent gems. The close partnership continues today with the ongoing discoveries in Maine’s western mountains.
100% Natural
We go to Maine’s gem mines. We know the miners. We know the gem cutters. We guarantee our tourmaline to be from Maine and is 100% natural. Cross maintains the largest collection of fine Maine tourmaline jewelry in the world.
Window of Opportunity
Fifty years have passed since the major 1972 tourmaline find in Newry, Maine where they found 3.5 million carats of tourmaline crystals. Over the years we bought more than we sold knowing that gem finds don’t last forever. There are now colors, sizes, and shapes that are extremely rare and, in some cases, no longer available. If you see something you love it’s best to act quickly. There’s no guarantee another gem like this one exists.
Case in point: In 2007 there was a find of tourmaline in Newry, Maine called Eureka Blue. People loved the color. The gems sold quickly, but the find was small and the mining only lasted a few seasons. Within three years of the discovery, all the large Eureka gems had sold. We still get calls from people who are now ready to buy. What they want, however, simply no longer exists from that find in 2007.
Gem finds are rare, especially in North America. Maine tourmaline is a piece of Maine and American history, it’s a connection to a place we all love, an exquisite creation of nature. Today, there is a rare opportunity to own a bit of Maine/American pride and heritage, and history in choosing a piece of Maine tourmaline jewelry.
