Awesome lot of Olive Green to Yellowish Green Afghan Tourmaline Faceting Crystal Rough. Most of this lot if comprised of doubly terminated Crystals and the largest crystal in the parcel looks practically eye-clean at 23 Carats! This lot belongs to a friend that is getting started in the business and it is priced at a steal. We occasionally put up some small lots on our site such as this for inspirational purposes at times for those that are getting into the Rough market. This lot is running roughly 90%+ Facet Grade with roughly 80% of the lot being Top Facet Grade material. Most of these pieces are nice and chunky crystal sections capable of giving above average yield. I don't think this lot will be around long so stop looking and hurry up and reserve it!!

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.