Finding Big Tourmaline Crystals in Maine
It was a mild winter. In fact, it was the first time that we have ever mined through the entire winter without stopping.
Between Jan 1st and almost the end of the month, we went about 4 times and pulled out 10-15, 5-gallon pails of material out at a time. And bit-by-bit the amounts of Tourmaline started to increase.
It was exciting because we had not found any gem at this location Mt. Rubellite in Hebron Maine for 6 years
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On January 30 my mining partner Gary Howard and I (who both the lease) began finding some incredible Tourmaline crystals.
On January 31st it opened up into a massive pocket.
Between Jan 30-Feb 2nd and we pulled out 90 five-gallon pails of material, including roughly 38 thousand carats of gem Tourmaline. It was mostly emerald green and some pink.
The cut gems were fantastic.
We found Morganite, Goshenites and some Cassiderites along with a bunch of other quartz crystals and assorted minerals
18 feet deep under the hanging wall. There seems to be a honeycomb of tunnels that lead off of that pocket going in every direction.
We eventually opened up the upper quarry where most Mt. Rubellite specimens come from. This pocket was in the bottom quarry.
It is not open to the public
0:11 Tourmaline
0:33 Crystals
0:44 Cystals
0:55 Gem
1:11 Gemstones
2:22 Quartz Cystals
3:33 Maine
4:44 Minerals
5:55 Gem pockets
7:32 cystal pockets
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The more i watch this stuff the more convinced i am that the only decent gems can be found by serious mining ops with excavators, drilling etc. I bet that was an exciting trip.
Wow. Soo gemmy. I love how much beauty Maine holds in the ground.
All your hard work is paying off! You gotta be jacked up!
Absolutely beautiful. Decomposing Orthoclase feldspar ?
I'm a fellow rockhound in maine. I live right at the base of mount agamenticus though so it's mostly bedrock, but I can still find some cool stuff.
Great find
Is this still producing? I'd live to come hang n Dig. I'm in maine for weekend digs often. Friends with a few old time rockhounds
I found an abundance of garnet tourmaline amethyst rose quartz and a couple other valuable gemstones here in the Southeast coast of Massachusetts in a couple different River bedded areas that dry out in the summertime. I've also found gold and silver deposits and it's a lot in fact enough to where I think I might buy a small sloosh machine that I can carry out there with me and have a friend run that while I am digging up the gemstones
@richiesun9676
2 жыл бұрын
so cool. Always looking for new places in Massachusetts.
Lots of cool stuff in the ground here in Maine.
The guy with the big grey beard had to have taught everyone here everything they know!
@mattculver5644
2 жыл бұрын
Almost every rockhound I know shares and teaches what they've learned over the years with just about anybody willing to listen. Just another reason why the rockhounding community is one of the greatest communities there is to be a part of. Except of course for all the scammers or foreigners just trying to take advantage of newer people in the community I'm guessing that's what the very last comment on this video is
I live in midcoast and have found some great finds.... awesome find tho!
@jclar3565
4 жыл бұрын
HollyJo🌻 anything around Port Clyde?
Any of that material open enough to cut?
Tourmaline is really trendy and about to explode, I would post more of these videos no one posts anything of tourmaline
Looks like beryl from my mica
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