Awesome ULTRA RARE Pale to Pastel Yellow Richterite Faceting Rough from Badakshan, Afghanistan. We have NOT tested this material; however, we are 99.9% sure that it is Richterite. The mineral occurs in association with Hackmanite from Badakshan and it has sometimes been called Winchite. We have reviewed the literature on this and are fairly certain that the material is Richterite; however, there are no guarantees on this. The lot as a whole is a mix of facet and cab grade with roughly 35% or so being good high facet grade (some of this will need to be cobbed out of larger rough).

The lot is composed of slender crystals and crystal sections with excellent exterior luster (many with terminated tips) and we were informed that these were initially part of a specimen that was damaged and hence these were removed. There is NO ONE else we know selling this material in the rough and if you look around we have seen crystals that are only slightly bigger and included selling for several hundred to several thousand dollars a piece!

From a run through the material it is clearly evident that this material is going to be EXTREMELY difficult to cut because of multiple cleavage planes. Most stones do have some inclusions at the least; however, there are quite a few gemmy areas in much of the rough. We are confident that quite a few stones from here will cut eye-clean or better with a little hard work but you have to be extremely talented from what it looks like to be able to handle the challenge of faceting this material. We have ONLY purchased this on 1 previous occasion and the parcel was sold directly to a client. We have a VERY limited amount of this material on hand so don't miss your chance to purchase this at a STEAL!

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