This is a super lot of a NEW FIND of Spessartite and/or Hessonite Garnet coming from Afghanistan. The color of this material is just phenomenal and is a lovely Fire Orange lacking the red overtone! Please be aware that this rough is a mixture of Spessartite and/or Hessonite (Possibly other Garnets as well) which are generally included species of Garnet and hence, it is extremely difficult to acquire eye-clean to flawless rough in either species. Most of this material WILL have at least minor inclusions. This should NOT significantly impact the cleaner finished stones. We have rough graded this material as being 10-20%+ facet grade. This is a rough estimate and includes both low and high end facet rough. Most worthwhile stones fall between 1 and 5 carats. The bulk of the best material is 3.5 carats and under with quite a few stones that will cut eye-clean or very slightly included. The remainder is a mix of various cabbing grades and faceting rough that needs to be cobbed.

This lot was purchased from a close friend who was entering the rough gemstone profession and was really purchased for moral support. The poor friend must have gone through kilos and kilos of this material to get all the orange colored material together and that in itself is probably worth a lot more than the asking price!

1. We ARE THE MINERS for this rough and as such we have the best prices available!!! There is nowhere you can pick this material up at this price.