Awesome Lot of Electric Fuchsia Pink to Yellowish Green Nigerian Tourmaline Top Faceting Rough. This lot represents some of the fruits of our labor on our recent buying Trip to Nigeria. The Lot has some of the most amazing Pink & Green colors that are guaranteed to leave you breathless and at $2.40 Per Carat for SELECT ROUGH you should NOT miss this opportunity. 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!! Heck, most Nigerians are charging about $15+ per gram for comparable material.

Overall the lot looks to be running roughly 95%+ Top Facet Grade. Most stones are nicely shaped for high yield with quite a few bulky crystal sections and nodules and we are confident the bulk of this Lot should cut eye-clean or better with ease. We have a very limited amount of this material on hand so don't miss out! This is a lot that we personally recommend picking up for the price!

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.