Awesome lot of NATURAL Pastel Pink to Medium Pink Morganite Faceting & Cabbing Rough from Nigeria.  I would say most of this material is a cross that lies somewhere between Pastel and Medium Pink. There are a few pieces in here that look more like they are Goshenite; however, the lot as a whole is distinctly Pink. We would say that roughly 50%+ of this material is High Facet Grade with the remainder being a mixture of Cab Grade and Semi-Facet Grade.

This parcel was sent over to us as a sample and we don't have additional material available from Nigeria. We are working on setting up a steady supply of this material but current market prices in Nigeria are making that very difficult. Take a look around the net and you will see how unbelievable our price on this material really is! We are confident that you will get some killer stones out of this lot with little effort.

1. In Afghanistan Morganite is almost always classified by crystal structure and not so much by color. This is why you will occasionally see some light Aqua colored stones in Afghan Morganite lots.

2. There is only a limited amount of Afghan Morganite produced every year and annual production has been steadily decreasing.

3. Nigeria produces some of the darkest Morganite available with the pure Pinker colors. This may be due to exposure to daylight so as to rid the material of its peachy and orangey overtones. Overall pieces are generally smaller than the larger pieces found in Afghanistan with most of the better facet grade material that is commercially available being in the 5 gram or under range. Some of the material produced in Nigeria gets to an almost Bubble-Gum Pink in color; however, prices at times can be double that of similar quality Tourmaline!