Awesome ULTRA RARE Afghan Hackmanite Faceting & Cabbing Rough Lot! This material ranges from a very pale purple to silver in color and is unusually large for the species averaging in at around 5 CARATS! The lot as a whole is running roughly 50%+ medium to high facet grade while the remainder is a mix of cabbing rough and some additional faceting rough that will need to be cobbed and/or sawed out! We have discounted this very heavily reflecting the clarity of the material! All these stones do have inclusions and veils common for the species; however, most stones do have very clean facetable sections that can be sawed or cobbed out to produce eye-clean to very slightly included finished gems.

If you do a little research in the market place you will see that Hackmanite Gems command some pretty wild numbers and this lot is a give away at this price. We ONLY have a few lots of this available at this time so don't miss your chance to own some! We don't know if we will ever get any more of this material so for all you collectors this is a win win situation!

1. Hackmanite is known to change color by exposure to different forms of light and its color change is known to be tenebresent. The color of the material at times can be enhanced by storage in a dark place; however, may fade upon exposure to light. This change is repeatable and not permanent. In addition, Hackmanite also produces some wild colors under UV light and is highly sought after by collectors.

2. Hackmanite Facet Rough is a transparent variety of Sodalite that is "tenebresent" and is extremely rare to come across. Afghanistan has been a steady supplier to mineral enthusiasts for Hackmanite crystals and we have rarely come upon any facet grade material.