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.

Now, a rundown on the material! It is rare to get clean stones from Tajikistan 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 very slightly to moderately included. We are estimating that roughly 15% of this is some type of faceting grade material and much of that needs to be cobbed out from 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. 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. Don't miss your opportunity to pick this up!

1. COMING SOON!