Fantasia Materials: 1 lb Indigo Gabbro/Mystic Merlinite Rough Stones from Madagascar

The stones are a little bigger than I was expecting.

The high quality of many of the stones was amazing, and I was amazed that so many of the stones were that good. Since Labradorite varies a lot, I'm used to finding just a few good stones in any shipment. This was the best lot I've ever gotten. The pictures led me to think maybe I might get some pieces with that really deep blue that isn't too common. There were a lot of stones with some of that blue, and a few stones had entire blue surfaces on one or two sides. A number of stones had a sort of rainbow-like effect with blue adjacent to aqua or yellow, then yellow followed by orange, ending in mauve. That is a pattern you can see occasionally but it isn't real common. Many of the stones had two entire opposite surfaces with color. I was just astonished at the quality. It is true, at least in dim indoor late afternoon light it was, that at first glance it just looked like a pile of mid-range grey rocks in a box, and I didn't expect much. But then I started washing up a few individual rocks, and the quality was just fantastic, so I washed up a few more, and those were excellent too. I still haven't gotten through them all, but am ordering a second lot now, even though I don't need more, but I'm really curious to know if getting so many rocks of such high quality in one shipment was just a lucky fluke.

Absolutely beautiful!!! The pieces I received were generous sized and still intact. The few pieces that were broken are still quite useful for orgonite or jewelry work. Other reviewers complained about the lack of the "aurora borealis" effect but mine were quite stunning for being rough pieces. I was seeing a beautiful glow pre-washed inside the bag.I know it can vary from batch to batch because they are natural (and you cannot control nature) but try washing them in cold water with a gentle brush (like a toothbrush) and then place them in sunlight before full judgement. Also rough stone will hide a lot of the stone's brilliance so if you are not cabbing, tumbling or polishing them you may not see a lot of the colourful effects but they are there. I have a strange love of rough stone so I will wet sand a few but keep the rest as is.I only washed 5 pieces to take pics and you can really see the beautiful colours even with my crappy tablet camera.In the 3 lb bag I received 46 stones... Most were quite large (small palm size) and some smaller 1-2 inch pieces. I am very happy with this purchase and would buy the 5 lb from this company the next time I desire more!!! Highly recommended!!!

If you know what you’re looking for, this is a good buy. They come rough/raw when you receive them (as expected), and the majority of the pieces are of decent size for pendants. A few are on the larger size even after grinding, sanding, and polishing. And a few are on the smaller size, but plan to put those in my tumbler.These pics are of the four pieces I have hand-worked thus far. I bought the 3lbs bag, and while the majority are the brilliant blue, I have found roughly 4 green, 4 rainbow, and 2 purple/pink (I am stoked to start working on a purple next).All in in all, I rate these 5 stars for price and quality.

The stones were not colorful, they were mostly gray. They were also quite small so it would make it difficult to do lapidary work.

A regular size really tiny no good for tumbling no good for making round balls no good for jewelry

This is my first time ordering mine rough, I was a little disappointed, not enough to return, figured i'd play around and practice with it, Fantasia was very good in processing my order and getting it to me, I don't know the grade of this rough, there is a wide range of pieces in the pack, a few were just monochromatic, a few pieces were nicely striped, some pieces were small or thin, other pieces were a nice size, I ended up grading the stones myself into three groups of good, better, best as related to what was in the pack and ended up with 3 close to equal piles, like I said i'm a first time buyer, and maybe my expectations were to high, I have ordered some more product from Fantasia that they have graded as "AAA" this should give me a comparism to better understand the product...

I am OVERJOYED with the Merlinite Rough that I received from Fantasia Mining! Besides the AWESOME shipping (ordered Friday morning and received Monday!), the stones are BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL and INTRICATE!!! I have already cleaned and polished two of the stones and am completely giddy (YES, GIDDY!) over their beauty! The stones shown in the picture are wet and all it takes is a thorough cleaning with a toothbrush, water and mild soap and a good polishing cloth to make them look as they are meant to be! My husband, who makes fun of my "rocks" was even speechless at how many stones were included, the quality, and how very little effort I made to make them as beautiful as they are! I am a huge collector of raw stones - usually purchasing each stone individually - WAY OVERPRICED - but I am so very pleased that I found Fantasia on Amazon! I will purchase from again an again . . . and hopefully, I can get to Arkansas and do my own digging at the mine! If you are as passionate as myself for raw stones, do yourself a favor and purchase from Fantasia!!!! You won't regret it!

Very pleased with product

The media could not be loaded.  Got this parcel so happy with it not one single stone didn't have a strong colour bar absolutely wrapped just bought another pinks , greens rainbow ,