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! 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.

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 large stones! We are working on securing additional material in larger sizes and better quality but it is a daunting task competing for the material. This stone is 32.51 Carats & Approximately 9x15x19 MM. This is the most beautiful Bubblegum Pink color! The pictures don't do this stone justice as it has to be seen to be fully appreciated. Overall the stone is fairly included; however, the stone is very gemmy. The stone has a series of inclusions and fractures that intersect throughout the stone and therefore it will pose a challenge to the faceter during the planning stage at the least. Personally, I think this is an ideal piece for either high grade cabbing or carving in order to preserve size; however, plenty of it is clean enough to facet. I think sawing this up will result in clean sections for faceting; however, most sections if not all will be relatively small in size only able to support finished stones that would probably be in the 1.5 carat range and under. You don't see too many pieces this size in life so grab it before it is gone!

1. COMING SOON!