Nice lot of Afghan Lapis cabbing carving rough!! Most of this lot is B-C+ grade material with the larger portion being an almost purplish blue! Most pieces contain a moderate to excessive amount of Calcite as that is clearly visible in the above pictures. This is really ideal for arts and crafts or practicing your carving and/or cabbing skills. This material is fairly uniform with most pieces being nice and solid and lacking the excessive amount of pyrite inclusions common in the market.

These pieces are not overly large and will make mostly commercial sized cabs. If you look around and compare prices you will see this is a bargain not to be missed! This is what was left from one of our older shipments and we are just putting it up here to finish the material up as we are expecting another shipment of 20 or so Kilos of high grade material in a few weeks. (Please use the US Quarter in the photo for a size estimate).

1. Afghanistan is the oldest known source of Lapis and is the only country in the world that has produced a consistent supply of high grade lapis for over 1,000 years!

2. We have mine direct links for this rough for those that are interested in purchasing this in bulk in quality.