Awesome Lot of Deep Fuchsia to Vibrant Pinkish Magenta Nigerian Rubelite Tourmaline Faceting Rough. This Lot has some of the most amazing colors that are guaranteed to leave you breathless. Most Nigerian Tourmaline on the market today tends to have excessive dark Brownish overtones and this Lot is a breath of fresh air from that!! Most stones in here are slightly to moderately included; however, many stones will yield eye-clean or better finished gems with a little hard work. This material was taken out of a recent shipment as being very gemmy and facet grade though not necessarily being classified as Top quality because of inclusions inherent in many stones. Many inclusions are minor and quite a few of them are located on the periphery and will either facet out with normal cutting or mask up very well with proper orientation. This is a great deal for this material and I'm sure you will be pleased!

I would say about 50% of this is some good high grade Facet Rough while the remainder is mostly decent material that will cut slightly to moderately included finished stones or better. Most of the stones are nicely shaped for high yield with quite a few bulky crystal sections and a few nodules. This is a lot that we personally recommend picking up for the price! This is steal at $3.00 Per Gram.

1. Nigeria has steadily risen to be a powerhouse country for Tourmaline production and is now set to eclipse many traditional sources in sheer volume of material. Overall Nigerian material, like most African material, has the brownish overtones, darker colors and lacks the vibrancy and life that Afghan (and some Namibian and Nigerian) Tourmaline is known for; however, many Nigerian and African stones can cut beautiful finished gems that rival Afghan material. From my experience I don't think quality is even questionable as I still haven't seen any Tourmaline Floor me like the Best Afghani material in its natural crystal form! Afghan Tourmaline can cost an arm and a leg and Nigerian material is a great affordable substitute for everyone to have fun faceting some Tourmaline.