🪨 Tourmaline
Colorful gemstone found in pegmatites. Tourmaline occurs in every color of the rainbow. Maine, California, and North Carolina are top US sources for gem-quality specimens.
Best Places to Find Tourmaline
Emerald Hollow Mine
Hiddenite, North Carolina · Fee Dig
America's only public emerald mine. 70-acre site with sluiceways, prospecting, and digging areas. The only place in North America where emeralds are f...
Mt. Mica
Paris, Maine · Fee Dig
Historic pegmatite mine known for producing world-class tourmaline specimens. One of America's most famous mineral localities.
Oceanview Mine
Pala, California · Fee Dig
Famous pegmatite mine in San Diego County known for gem-quality tourmaline, kunzite, and morganite. Guided digging tours available.
Himalaya Mine
Pala, California · Fee Dig
World-famous gem mine known for spectacular watermelon tourmaline and kunzite crystals. One of the most famous tourmaline mines in the world.
Pala Chief Mine
Pala, California · Fee Dig
Historic gem mine in the Pala district producing colorful tourmaline and garnet specimens. Part of California's rich pegmatite mining heritage.
Horseshoe Mine
Clay County, Alabama · Fee Dig
Historic pegmatite mine in the Alabama Piedmont. Known for quartz crystals, garnet, and tourmaline specimens.
Connecticut Pegmatite Mines
Portland, Connecticut · Fee Dig
Historic pegmatite mines in the Middletown district. Fee-dig operations for garnet, beryl, and quartz crystals. Classic New England rockhounding.
Buckland Pegmatite Quarry
Buckland, Massachusetts · Fee Dig
Historic pegmatite quarry in western Massachusetts. Known for beryl, garnet, and tourmaline specimens.
Maine Tourmaline Mines (Mt. Mica, Dunton, etc.)
Newry, Maine · Fee Dig
World-class pegmatite mines in western Maine. Produces gem-quality tourmaline, amethyst, and aquamarine. Some of the finest tourmaline in the world.
Wade Mines / Maine Feldspar Quarries
Auburn, Maine · Fee Dig
Historic feldspar quarries in the Auburn area. Collecting for beryl, garnet, and tourmaline from quarry dumps.
Strickland Quarry
Portland, Connecticut · Fee Dig
Historic pegmatite quarry in the Portland area. Known for beryl, tourmaline, and garnet specimens. A classic Connecticut mineral locality.
Millsite Tin Mine
Rockford, Alabama · Fee Dig
Historic tin mine 1 mile NE of Rockford in Coosa County. Produces cassiterite, apatite, epidote, garnet, lepidolite, topaz, tourmaline, and sillimanit...
Gillette Quarry
Haddam, Connecticut · Fee Dig
Famous fee-to-dig quarry in Haddam, Middlesex County. Known for amazonite, aquamarine, beryl, chrysoberyl, garnet, quartz crystals, and tourmaline. On...