Awesome Bubblegum Pink to Olive Green Zambian Tourmaline Faceting Rough Lot. This lot is almost entirely composed of water-worn nodules with many exhibiting the "Part-Color" combinations that Zambian Tourmaline is known for. Most of this material has an open C Axis and is ideally shaped for high yields. Many if not most of the stones are practically preformed for Rounds and Ovals. As the picture indicates, many of the stones do have a thin rind on the exterior that is generally Green in color. The rind in most stones should facet out relatively easily during normal faceting if the rough is oriented down the C Axis.

This material is running roughly 80%+ High to Top Facet Grade with the bulk of the smaller material being eye-clean or better and the largest stones being the included ones. Please note that most of the stones in this lot will cut eye-clean or better with the bulk being able to facet 10x clean; however, there are a few slightly to moderately included stones and a few of these may facet very slightly to moderately included. We have a very limited amount of this on hand. We don't plan to stock or purchase any additional Tourmaline for the near future from Zambia so pick some of this up before it is all gone!!

1. Zambia has become infamous for its "Parti-Colored" Tourmalines that were produced in volume though the mid to late 1990's. Production has unfortunately been very sporadic as of the last few years with demand far exceeding availability.