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.

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 depending on size! We are working on securing additional material in larger sizes and better quality but it is a daunting task competing for the material. Overall most of this material is Slightly Included and should cut Eye-Clean to Moderately Included depending on yield preferences. All three stones have some inclusions to say the least! We anticipate that the first stone (largest stone of the three) should yield Very Slightly to Slightly Included depending on yield preferences; however, yield will be below average considerably if you go for the cleaner stone. It is important to note that the largest stone isn't excessively included; however, much of it has a fine sheen similar to that found in Morogoro Spinel from Tanzania. The second stone is very clean but has inclusions on much of the periphery with roughly 1/3 of the stone being almost Eye-Clean (we anticipate this will cut 1 Eye-Clean to Very Slightly Included 3/4-1 Carat stone if it is cut for clarity) and the third stone will probably cut Eye-Clean to Moderately Included depending on Yield Preferences (we anticipate a 3/4 or so carat Eye-Clean stone).

The color saturation on these and the fact that the lot is running roughly 30%+ High Facet Grade makes this lot a must have! These will undoubtedly produce stunning finished stones. We don't anticipate getting much more of this material in the near future (at least on any significant scale beyond a trickle here and there) as we really haven't run into small sized Tajik Spinel in the past. If you know what rough Spinel is running in the market you know this is a deal not to be missed!!

1. COMING SOON!