Awesome lot of Pakistani Diopside running mostly Chrome and Hunter Green in color. This is really lovely material and cuts some magnificent stones. Most of these stones will cut very slightly to slightly included at best; however, roughly 35%+ of this lot is TOP Facet Grade capable of supporting Eye-clean or better finished gems. Many inclusions in the rest of the material should mask up well with proper orientation and even these stones should cut with great face up appeal. Please note that we have NOT tested this for Chromium and therefore we aren't selling it as being Chrome "Type" Diopside but only as Chrome Green colored Diopside.

I have seen people selling this material as Top Facet Grade, unfortunately most of this in reality is not Top Facet Grade as most pieces will not cut flawless stones. Top material is RARELY produced in Pakistan and most material is typically much darker than this; however, complementary cutting and a little effort works miracles with this rough. We estimate that approximately 50%+ of this material is a mixture of medium to high grade facet rough and the remainder has some excellent material for Top Cabbing and potentially additional Facet Rough. This is a super price on this and it is priced to sell!

1. There is a very limited amount of Diopside being produced in Pakistan. The material is very close to Russian Chrome Diopside; however, it does not necessarily contain the Chromium and the color fluctuates a bit more than Russian. Some of the material also exhibits color banding or shifting at times.