ULTRA RARE NEW FIND of Facet Grade Retgersite from Badakshan, Afghanistan! We purchased several large pieces of this material about 2 years ago and have been holding almost all of it since. We purchased the lion's share of the original find and this is the first piece we are offering for sale via our website. We have never heard of this material being found in such optical quality in the past.

Please note that in all our years photographing rough and minerals this has to be the most difficult mineral to accurately photograph for us as of thus far. The stone in hand is just spectacular and looks MUCH MUCH better than the above pictures indicate. Every time we shot pictures the stone photographed a Blue in color; however, the actual color is more a Bluish Green and it is very electric.

This stone is EXTREMELY clean for the species; however, it does have some inclusions. You can opt to cut a few stones that may face up clean or for a larger stone that is slightly included. I would opt for a slightly included larger stone myself. This truly is one of the ULTIMATE challenges for a faceter and we strongly suggest you prepare yourself for the task in advance! FACETING PROPERTIES OF THIS MINERAL ARE NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART! PLEASE RESEARCH MINERAL PROPERTIES INCLUDING WATER DISSOLUTION AND CLEAVAGE INFO BEFORE ORDERING THIS!

1. COMING SOON!