Awesome lot of Pastel Sea-Foam Green to Pastel Pink Afghan Tourmaline Top Faceting Rough. This material is very similar in color and appearance to the Pastel Tourmalines that are sporadically produced in Maine.

This is SELECT Faceting Rough for top custom cutting and almost all of these are chunky nodules and/or crystal sections (Many of the stones in here are practically preformed because of the crystal structure of Tourmaline). These are all a nice size with the average stone weight running 8.5+ CARATS!

Please note that most of the stones in this lot will cut eye-clean to very slightly included with the larger portion capable of cutting eye-clean to 10x clean with a little hard work. Some stones do have minor inclusions; however, most of these inclusions tend to be concentrated on the periphery and should facet out or mask up well with a little planning and hard work. Don't miss your opportunity to purchase this spectacular lot!

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.