Awesome Lot of Vibrant Fuchsia Pink to Hot Pink Nigerian Tourmaline Faceting Rough. Overall this lot is running roughly 65% Pink and 35% Mixed in color. Most stones do have some minor inclusions; however, the lot looks to be running roughly 75%+ High Facet Grade. You will have to work around the inclusions to get clean stones in much of the rough; however, you could chose to go for larger stones which is probably what we would advice for some of the rough. We are confident that you will take out eye-clean or better stones from at least 50% of this lot with a little hard work and some careful planning!

Most of the stones are nicely shaped for high yield with quite a few bulky crystal sections and a few nodules. These are NOT small pieces with the average weight being around 15 Carats! We got this at a great price and are passing on the savings to you!

1. Nigeria has steadily risen to be a powerhouse country for Tourmaline production and is now set to eclipse many traditional sources in sheer volume of material. Overall Nigerian material, like most African material, has the brownish overtones, darker colors and lacks the vibrancy and life that Afghan (and some Namibian and Nigerian) Tourmaline is known for; however, many Nigerian and African stones can cut beautiful finished gems that rival Afghan material. From my experience I don't think quality is even questionable as I still haven't seen any Tourmaline Floor me like the Best Afghani material in its natural crystal form! Afghan Tourmaline can cost an arm and a leg and Nigerian material is a great affordable substitute for everyone to have fun faceting some Tourmaline.