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Fall at the Havey
The Columbus Day Pocket
Maine Mineral and Gem Museum Day October 14, 2013
After I got back to Portland, I got out of the truck, looked back, the dark seat was twinkling silver with flecks of mica. Sherlock Holmes could have easily deduced where I’d been. It was a good day at the Havey Mine. I took several series of photos, one series I call “Rock Star Gem Cutter.” Sean Sweeney, one of American’s top ten gem cutters, looked like a rock star from the sixties. His glasses catching the light became mirrored sunglasses with his white walrus mustache when he popped a tourmaline in his mouth and held it like a cigarette, my camera came up. Sean is quite serious as he studies a mine site explaining its geology and
The SparHawk tree at the Havey
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