Awesome Lot of Paraiba Turquoise Blue to Canary Yellow Nigerian Tourmaline Top Faceting Rough. This Lot has some of the most amazing Pink, Blue-Green & Yellow colors that are guaranteed to leave you breathless and at $3.00 Per Carat there really is no way you can go wrong. 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!!

Overall the lot looks to be running roughly 90%+ High to Top Facet Grade. Most stones look like they should cut eye-clean or better with the exception of 3-4 stones. I think 2 stones in here will probably cut in the slightly included to moderately included range while the rest should be a sight to behold. We are confident that with a little planning and some hard work many of the inclusions should facet out or mask up well in most of these stones. Most of the stones are nicely shaped for high yield with quite a few bulky crystal sections and a few nodules. We have a very limited amount of this material on hand so don't miss this lot! This is a lot that we personally recommend picking up for the price as it is a steal at $3.00 Per Carat!

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.