WOWWWWWWWW FOLKS! That is all I can say! In close to a decade we have only seen Pink Spinel from Tajikistan in the rough on a handful of occasions and usually in large sizes with unaffordable prices for everyone to enjoy a stone! The color on this is THE MOST INSANE PINK you will probably ever see! This material is from the Tajik/Afghan border, officially from Tajikistan from the Pamir Range in Gorno Badakshan (a stones throw from Afghanistan). The area is unfortunately extremely hot for drug trafficking (Heroin) and as a result everyone who crosses the border is practically strip searched. There are only a handful of people capable of transferring this material out of Tajikistan through Afghanistan because of the "right connections." There are others transferring it through other routes through Russia and we have been hearing that the Russian Mafia is directly involved in the other trading routes. This material is EXTREMELY limited and rarely available.

This parcel was purchased by a client and we were requested to make it available as a favor to our client. The client purchased this material direct from Pakistan and was disappointed with the size and quality as it conflicted with what he had expected and was told. The client is interested in recouping cost invested in his purchase and is basically selling the total parcel that we have broken down into several lots. We have already sold most of the material directly at cost with the exception of a limited amount of material still on hand that we are making available through our site. THIS IS THE LAST LOT LEFT FROM THE CLIENT'S PARCEL AND WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REPEAT THESE PRICES ON THIS MATERIAL IN THE NEAR FUTURE! WE do have 3 parcels we purchased that were similar sized that we will be listing though this lot is better than 2 of the parcels! Don't miss your chance at this as I don't know ANYONE who sells this material in the rough in the US!

Now, a rundown on the material! It is rare to get clean stones from Tajikistan nowadays especially in the larger sizes and prices on location can go up to $2,500 Per Gram for larger sizes! We are working on securing additional material in larger sizes and better quality but it is a daunting task competing for the material. We have managed to procure a few additional lots that we will be listing on the E-Newsletter with this parcel. Overall much of this material is very slightly to moderately included and most finished stones will probably cut in the very slightly to slightly included range if cut for yield; however, roughly 1/3 of this is TOP Facet Grade material. Inclusions in this colored Spinel are ACCEPTABLE in Pakistan and in the larger sizes acceptable pretty much everywhere. We don't anticipate getting much more of this material in the near future as we really haven't run into small sized Tajik Spinel in volume in the past. The parcel as a whole looks like it is 25-30% Top Facet Grade and a steal at our price! Don't miss your opportunity to pick this up!

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