Insane Neon Grape Green to an Electric Turquoise Green colored Afghan Tourmaline Facet Rough. This is extremely vibrant material and the pictures above don't do the rough justice. This rough will produce some of the most amazing finished gemstones as the C axis has the most electric almost Turquoise Green to Peridot Green color for much of the rough. The material overall is in nice chunky sizes and almost every stone is an ideally shaped crystal section. This lot is really indicative of the best Afghanistan has to offer in Tourmaline color! This lot is running roughly 90%+ Facet Grade with roughly 80% of the lot being Top Top Facet Grade material. Several of the stones are also beautiful crystals with sharp termination at at least one end!! We got this lot at a steal and are passing on the savings to you! This is one of the best lots we have up for the price. Don't miss the opportunity to pick this up.

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.