NEON BLUE TO ELECTRIC NEON GREEN

Lot: Tourmaline-291

STONE 1

   
12.36 Carats & 7x8x23 MM. This is a nice and blocky crystal section shaped for high yield. Our personal recommendation would be a Rectangular or elongated Emerald cut. This is a slightly bicolored stone and the color runs from a Neon Bluish Green to a Neon Greenish Blue. The stone looks like it should cut very slightly to slightly included with a little planning and effort. Please note that the stone does have some minor inclusions and feathering. These are unfortunately located towards the interior of the crystal and dispersed primarily towards one third or so of the crystal; however, there are some additional inclusions that extend beyond that point. We anticipate a very slightly included stone at best if you cut this as a single stone; however, you will have to take a few minutes to plan the orientation of this stone to insure you get the cleanest stone possible.

STONE 2

         
13.91 Carats & 5x6x34 MM. This is a nice and blocky crystal section shaped for high yield. Our personal recommendation would be a Rectangular or elongated Emerald cut. This is a tricolor and the color on this shifts from a Neon Green or almost Sea-Foam to an almost Scope Blue to a Pale Pink. The stone looks like it should cut eye-clean to very slightly included with a little planning and effort depending on your preferences. Please note that the stone does have some minor surface inclusions and feathering. These are common for Tourmaline (particularly bicolors) and we anticipate that most inclusions should easily cut out with normal faceting. There is a feather towards the terminated tip that will need to be cobbed out with minimal weight loss.

STONE 3

     
8.76 Carats & 4x6x29 MM. This is a nice doubly terminated crystal section shaped for high yield. Our personal recommendation would be a Rectangular or elongated Emerald cut. This is a bicolor and the color on this shifts from a lovely Neon Bluish Green to Neon Green. The stone looks like it should cut eye-clean or better with a little planning and effort. Please note that this stone is a pencil shaped elongated Crystal. It is a bit thin but we are confident that it will yield a spectacular finished Bicolor. There are some minor inclusions towards the tip of the crystal; however, these should easily facet out with normal faceting as they are entirely concentrated towards the tip.

COLOR: Neon Blue, Neon Bluish Green, Neon Green, Pale to Pastel Pink, Scope Greenish Blue, Sea-Foam Green, Turquoise Green
CLARITY: Will cut flawless to slightly included stones (95%+ Top Grade Facet Rough)
ORIGIN:  Afghanistan
SIZE: Stone sizes:  8.76; 12.36; & 13.91 Carats (11.67+ Carat Average)
WEIGHT: 35.03 Carats (3 Pieces) 7.006 Grams
PRICE: $560.48 ($16.00 Per Carat / $80.00 Per Gram)
DESCRIPTION:

Awesome lot of three TOP Neon Blue to Electric Neon Green Afghan Tourmaline crystal sections for Faceting. Please see above for a detailed description of each particular stone. This is the material that has made Afghan Tourmaline the benchmark in Tourmaline perfection! It doesn't get much better than this (Nodules being the exception). Every one of these is a SUPER lovely color and an ideally shaped crystal section. This is the material that runs $150+ per carat  once cut and is practically impossible to get your hands on in the rough.

This is TOP faceting grade material and most stones should cut 10x clean with a little hard work and some planning unless otherwise noted above. Some of the stones do have some minor inclusions and fracturing; however, these are all confined to the surface or in close proximity to it and most should facet out with relative ease unless otherwise noted above. This lot is not for the amateur and this is PREMIUM ROUGH! If you are interested in similar colored material in smaller sizes there are several lots up and you should take a look at the particulars on them. This stuff has to be seen to be fully appreciated.

Please note that this is being sold as a lot and is priced as such. If you are interested in purchasing a portion of this lot and not the lot in its entirety, drop us an email and we will see what we can do.
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.