GOLDEN TO GREENISH HONEY
COLOR: | Golden Honey, Greenish Brown, Greenish Yellow, Honey Yellow | |
CLARITY: | Will cut eye-clean to moderately included stones (Cabbing Grade) | |
ORIGIN: | Khyber Agency (Near Peshawar), Pakistan | |
SIZE: | Stones range in size from Approximately .5 to 194.5 Carats (10.3+ Carat Average) | |
WEIGHT: | 1,275 Carats (123 Pieces) | 255 Grams |
PRICE: | COST (18,500) C $205.00 ($1.00 Per Carat / $5.00 Per Gram) | |
DESCRIPTION: |
Ultra Rare lot of Honey Yellow Sphene Facet Rough with some nice Lime Green Axis from Khyber Agency, Pakistan. This material is extremely difficult to get a hold of in the rough and there is a very limited amount of it available. We hunted for 7 days and roamed the entire market to trace down the only 2 lots of this that were available. You can view the other lot on our latest E-Newsletter. This material overall is running roughly 45% high facet grade. There are several pieces in there that should cut glassy eye-clean stones in the 2+ carat range with a little hard work and we are confident this is an investment not to be missed. Facet Grade Sphene from this area is a rarity and the only reason we hunted down this lot was because of several requests for it. We don't know how much more will be made available in the future in the market as production is very sporadic and this stone is mined in conjunction with other gems coming from the mining area. Sphene is not the sought after stone and therefore it is not readily mined. If you take a look around you will see some of the per carat prices Faceted Sphene is selling for and I'm sure you will find this lot a must have! |
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