Great lot of bright vibrant apple green Peridot from Supatt, Pakistan. This is a sweet lot of facet and cabbing rough. Most stones in this lot are very slightly to slightly included; however, they are very gemmy and much of this material can be faceted. I would probably have roughly 25% or so faceted while having the rest cabbed; however, your analysis on this might be different. This is a great lot to familiarize you with Pakistani Peridot and you really can't get any better on the price!

Most of these pieces in this lot are uniform in color consisting of the Apple Green that Pakistan is known for without the olive overtones. This is NOT eye-clean material for the most part as most of the rough does have white veils that need to be worked around; however, this material was sawed and cobbed to take out all excessively included areas. There are some lovely stones in here and the lot is well worth the price! We have a limited amount of Peridot on hand and are really just wiping it out to make room for new rough shipments that are lined up for the year.

1. Pakistani Peridot has climbed the charts to become known as the best and is for  Peridot what Kashmir is for Sapphire! There really is no other Peridot that compares with the Pakistani material as far as color and quality go on a consistent basis and as stones get larger there is no competition!

2. The Pakistani Peridot mines are located at an altitude of roughly 15,000-16,000 feet and are roughly a 6 hour trek over several mountains on mule & foot (This is for a 1/2 way experienced climber and it will take considerably longer for a novice)! The Supatt area is known to have some of the world's most breathtaking sites and you can see some of these in our picture galleries.