Will & Kate Pink Maine Tourmaline & Diamond Ring

Will & Kate
Pink Maine Tourmaline
& Diamond Ring

Imagine you are newly engaged. You’ve just received a ring set with a big beautiful gem. Everyone will notice. They can’t help but notice. The world is watching. You are to become a princess, and someday you will be Queen.

Following Will and Kate’s engagement in 2010, we studied the ring Prince William gave to Kate Middleton, taking detailed measurements from dozens of photographs. You have to assume the Royal Jeweler chosen by the House of Windsor knows a thing or two about jewelry design. Their jewelers understand balance and harmony while creating important and often large impressive pieces.

The most obvious point of note from our analysis of this royal ring is the fourteen diamonds that surround the center gem. Fourteen is the perfect number to frame, present, and display without taking away or upstaging the purity of color in the center. Jewelers to the royal family understand there is a special magic to the principle of fourteen, especially when the whole world is watching.

Here we have a superb 2.09-carat pink Maine tourmaline surrounded with fourteen brilliant white diamonds. This is an exquisite piece of jewelry sure to become a treasured family heirloom.

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 of 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 early on and began working closely with the miners of these magnificent gems. The close partnership continues today with ongoing discoveries in Maine’s western mountains.

It was the discovery of pink tourmaline in 1972 that made the world sit up and take notice of this new find of gems in Maine’s western mountains. For thirty years, gem cutters all over the world luxuriated in an abundance of exquisite pink Maine tourmaline. In the last 10 years, as we approached the 50-year mark, the availability of pink Maine tourmaline has dropped off. This gem was recently cut. This size and color of Maine tourmaline is exceedingly rare. If you like this ring, don’t wait. We have just one.

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 discovery 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 that another gem like this one exists.

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 this rare opportunity to own a bit of Maine/American pride, heritage, and history in choosing a piece of Maine tourmaline jewelry.