NEON BLUE/GREEN TO INDICOLITE

Lot: Tourmaline-22

         

         

COLOR: Neon Pariaba Blue, Cobalt Blue, Inky Blue, Bluish Black, Greenish Blue, Teal, Bluish Green, Green
CLARITY: Will cut slightly included to heavily included stones (5%+ Medium to Low Grade Facet Rough)
ORIGIN: Afghanistan
SIZE: Stones range in size from Approximately .6 to 13.5+ Carats (2.25 Carat Average)
WEIGHT: 584.65 Carats (262 Pieces) 116.93 Grams
PRICE: $116.93 ($1.00 Per Gram)
DESCRIPTION:
Lovely Afghan Indicolite Tourmaline lot for Cabbing and possibly some Faceting in a variety of Blue and Greenish Blue colors. There are a few really cool stones in here that have some spectacular colors. I would say that roughly 95% of this material is Cabbing grade being moderately to heavily included; however, there are a few stones in here that are semi-facet and/or facet grade. Most stones in this lot are crystals sections and will support higher yields. This lot is being sold as strictly cabbing grade and is priced as such.
COOL FACTS:
  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.