Afghanite Indonesia 7 cm sitting on fine-grained

7 cm sitting on fine-grained off-white Feldspar matrix

HIGHLY lustrous

with only a little roughness near the base of the piece where it detached from the pocket wall

I could see this gem as the center stone of a beautiful pendant

Afghanite Indonesia 7 cm sitting on fine-grainedThis stone is one of the best examples of GEM FACET GRADE Afghanite that we've had to offer. It has a "Round" cut with very slight inclusions, but perhaps the most intriguing part is that it features a bright glowing blue color that is not often associated with Afghanite. This piece, along with several others from the recent mining efforts, has been analyzed and confirmed as Afghanite by several laboratories around the world. Afghanite is a rare