Awesome Lot of Golden Orange, Orangey Yellow to Green Tanzanian Sunset Tourmaline Faceting Rough. There is even an unusual almost medium toned Paraiba Blue colored stone in the lot. This material is running roughly 90% Top Facet Grade with almost every stone capable of cutting Eye-clean or better.

Many stones display that strong Dichroism that Sunset Tourmaline is known for where you can have Orangey C axis and Green AB axis with many having the Yellow instead of the Green. We are quite confident that you will have lots of fun with this lot!

This is the material that you see retailing for $3.00+ per carat! This is Top Faceting Grade material having almost every bad stone picked out. Most of the stones in this lot will cut eye-clean or better with the bulk being able to facet 10x clean. This is a perfect lot for cutting and/or resale!

1. Tanzania has become a heavy hitter in the world of Gemstone rough in the last few decades and is producing more and more species of rough as the days go buy. Sunset Tourmaline is just one of the new finds that is coming from Tanzania and also Kenya and the material is quite unlike any other Green and/or Orange Tourmaline available in the market.

2. Tanzanian Sunset Tourmaline is characterized by a strong dichroism where the AB and C axis have a combination of colors running from a Golden Orange to a Golden Yellow and/or Grassy Green. Many stones produce very unusual finished gems due to this dichroism and are highly sought after by collectors.