Spectacular HUGE Afghan Tourmaline running from a lovely Paraiba almost Windex Blue to a Dark Electric Sapphire Blue. This is some of the best Blue colored material we have EVER seen coming from Afghanistan in a very long time as far as Blues go though one Axis is a bit on the dark side.

This material is from a relatively new find and we had originally thought this was Paraiba Type Tourmaline though testing proved otherwise. The intensity of the Blue color on this is very unusual and everyone who initially reviewed the material thought it was Sapphire. This is a rarity to find in this color from Afghanistan and we were lucky to have this come by us at a reasonable price.

We are confident with a little hard work and some planning you will get some spectacular finished stones from the Lot. Overall 50%+ of this material looks like it is capable of cutting Eye-clean to slightly included with a little hard work. Ideally you will have to divide this up into multiple stones to get the cleanest faceted stones out and we are confident this will make someone very happy!

1. Afghan Tourmaline pockets tend to be relatively small in size and as a result consistency in color & quality is a rarity! We have never seen Afghan Tourmaline sold by the kilo with like colored and quality material and lots are generally small in size seldom going over 1/2-1 kilo.

2. All Afghan Tourmaline is exhumed from primary deposits and as a result mining costs are considerably higher due to dynamite expenditures and traveling expenditures to get to remote mining areas. It is also interesting to note that since all Afghan Tourmaline is from primary deposits most rough will usually have sharp crystal faces.