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Afghan Tourmaline Rough

indicolite tourmaline facet rough

  This is some nice blue green Afghanistan tourmaline rough. This material will be sold in 5 grades. Open c-axis clean, open c-axis trimmed, closed c-axis clean, closed c-axis trimmed, and cabbing to low grade facet rough. The clean grades are running about 90% eye clean facet rough, and the trimmed is running about 80% clean facet rough with the rest having very minor inclusions that should facet out with planing.

Open C-Axis Clean

This is some nice open c-axis stones they range from a very light c-axis to a dark c-axis. The stones range from a small of 1.05ct up to 4.05cts. with the average being just about 2.0cts. There is approximately 68.3cts available

This material is selling for $6.00 a carat, $5.50 a carat if you purchase the entire grade or what is left when you make your purchase.

Closed C-Axis Clean

This is some nice colored but Closed C-Axis blue green facet rough. These are mostly nice shaped stones for good recovery. The sizes are running approximately 8cts down to    1.05cts. with an average size of about 2.40cts There is approximately 57cts available.

This material is selling for $4.00ct. or $3.50 a carat if you buy the entire grade or what is left when you place your order.

Cabbing / facet rough mix

This is a mix of lower grade facet rough and cabbing rough and can be open or closed   c-axis material. 15% to 25% of this rough is low grade facet rough that will cut slightly included to included stones or with some planing possibly a few eye clean stones too. The rest is definite cabbing rough. The sizes are running between 7.25cts and 1.45 with an average size of 3.35cts. There is about      90.45 cts available.

These stones are selling for $0.60 a carat, or $0.50 a carat if you buy the entire grade or what is left when you make your purchase.

Open C-Axis Trimmed

This is some nice material the c-axis is open to dark with most imperfections tried out for cleaner rough. There is eye clean to very slightly included stones in this grade. There may be a few stones with poor shape but the vast majority are well shaped for good yield. these rough stones are running between 1.0ct and 3.05ct. with the average stone around 

 1.99ct. there is 57cts available.

This material is selling for $4.50 a carat, or  $4.00 a carat if you buy the entire grade or what is left when you make your purchase.

Closed C-Axis Trimmed

This is the tourmaline rough that has a closed c-axis and had defects that were completely sawn out or mostly sawn out. You can expect to find mostly eye clean stones and a few with minor inclusions that should facet out with planing. Since these were trimed there may also be an occasional stone of lower yield but overall yield will be good. The size of this rough is running between 1.34cts up to 5.4+cts and averaging about 2.67cts. There is 40+cts. available.

 This material is selling for $3.00ct or $2.50 a carat for the entire grade or what is left when you make your purchase.

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