Ultra Rare lot of Canary Yellow to Golden Yellow Sphene Rough from Badakshan, Afghanistan. This material is extremely difficult to get a hold of in the rough and there is a very limited amount of it available in Afghanistan. This material is NOT to be confused with the Pakistani material that is considerably cheaper and more of a Honey color. This is some of the purest Yellow Sphene you can get a hold of and pieces that are 3 grams and up can fetch $100 Per Gram IN Afghanistan AT the mines! Pakistani Sphene is MUCH more economically priced; however, there is no better Yellow color than that of the Afghani material in the region.

It is extremely unusual to encounter this material in the local market clean and I don't know if we will be able to acquire much more as this stuff is RARELY produced and generally too cost prohibitive. This is the ONLY parcel of this we have and it is a giveaway at this price! This Lot is roughly 60%+ Medium to Top Facet Grade. There are quite a few stones in here that will cut eye-clean to very slightly with a little hard work and we are confident this is an investment not to be missed.

Please note that due to the high dispersion and R.I. of the material many inclusions easily mask up with proper faceting! We don't know how much more will be made available in the future in the market as production is very sporadic. If you take a look around you will see some of the per carat prices Faceted Sphene is selling for and I'm sure you will find this lot a must have!

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