This is the material that has made Afghan Tourmaline the benchmark in Tourmaline perfection for color! This is a great AFFORDABLE lot that runs from a nice electric almost Paraiba colored Bluish Green to a Minty Blue! This has quite a few shades so the material is good to get a little taste of variety in Afghan Tourmaline. Most of these pieces are very slightly to slightly included; however, many have nice eye-clean areas. Generally speaking, we estimate that about 70%+ of the material in here will cut eye-clean or very slightly included with a little work. There are inclusions in here that are commonly found in Afghan Tourmaline but these are not excessive and many of the inclusions are situated such that they will mask up well and/or facet out. Some of this is the material that runs $200+ per carat in clean 2+ Carat stones and is quite difficult to get your hands on in the rough. I think one of the better stones in this lot will run roughly $400+ per carat and will easily pay for the lot!

This is mostly medium high faceting grade material. If you are interested in similar colored material in smaller sizes there are several lots up which were initially one large lot and broken up into more uniform size lots to fit client needs better. Please note that the pictures really don't do the material justice. This stuff has to be seen to be fully appreciated.

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.