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.

Overall most of this material is very slightly to moderately included. We are estimating that roughly 30% of this is low to high faceting grade and much of that needs to be cobbed out from the rough. There are a few nice sized stones in here that will need to be cobbed out to produce a few larger pieces of cleaner Facet Rough. In addition, there is an unusually large stone in the parcel weighing in at almost 8 grams! The stone unfortunately is NOT clean; however, it does have some VERY gemmy areas that will facet though we would probably recommend a carving as being ideal for the rough. The remainder may produce some additional faceting material and/or could be used for cabbing. Most of this material is a decent size and the color on this is sure to please! Inclusions in this colored Spinel are ACCEPTABLE in Pakistan and in the larger sizes acceptable pretty much everywhere. Don't miss your opportunity to pick this up!

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