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Post by Toad on Dec 29, 2009 8:04:25 GMT -5
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Post by rockmanken on Dec 29, 2009 8:40:09 GMT -5
What I read is .99 lbs. for winning bid of $3.99 plus shipping.
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Post by Toad on Dec 29, 2009 8:42:45 GMT -5
Mixed it up with one of the other auctions I won from this seller. So still a good deal for $3.99? I usually pay a lot less per pound, but whenever I saw this stuff it just seemed a lot more expensive... I didn't pay $8.70 for shipping - this was combined with 5 or 6 other lots, so shipping was much less for the holley blue itself.
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Post by Toad on Dec 29, 2009 9:08:10 GMT -5
$5.28 for this 1 pound lot (including shipping). Too much?
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Post by NDK on Dec 29, 2009 21:14:11 GMT -5
I think it's nice looking material. If you're happy with what you paid for it, that's all that matters. Personally I don't think $5.28 was too out of line.
Nate
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Post by stonesthatrock on Dec 30, 2009 0:31:07 GMT -5
i sell my holley blue for $.50 a gram but shipping is only around $2.00. I think .99 lbs. is less then an ounce. so, there are 5 grams in one oz. So mine would run $2.50 an oz. I think $5.28 is too high. If i'm looking at the correctly........ .99 lbs. is less then 1 oz.
mary ann
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Post by catmandewe on Dec 30, 2009 0:51:44 GMT -5
There are 28 grams in an ounce and .99 lbs is 15.98 ounces, therefore at $.50 per gram it should be worth $223.72 for what was won in the auction. Sounds like a killer buy there Todd!
Happy New Year................Tony
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Post by Woodyrock on Dec 30, 2009 1:20:49 GMT -5
Heck, I like Mary Anns math better! I want to buy from her! Well actually I could not bring myself to cheat her. BTW, early this year I tried everything possible to gain permission to collect at the Holly Blue site. The land is privately owned by a family back east, and the land is managed by a timber company. Nothing would even ellicit a response except a warning they would prosecute to the fullest extent of the law anyone caught on the site. More money than the timber would yield would not temp them. Woody
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Post by Toad on Dec 30, 2009 9:01:40 GMT -5
LOL, Mary Ann. Up past your bed-time?
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Post by stonesthatrock on Dec 30, 2009 10:10:31 GMT -5
its a good thing i'm not a math teacher lmao
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 30, 2009 10:11:25 GMT -5
*L* The whole grams to pounds to carats weight thing is something one always has to keep in mind when buying rough. I know lots of folks get pissed off when an E-Bay dealer shows a picture of several pounds of garnets or such being sold at so much per 500 carats. The buyer, not understanding carat weight, thinks he's getting the whole pile of rough shown in the pic when actually he's getting a lot equivalent to about 1/5 pound which is pretty small and makes the rough fairly expensive. About 454 grams per pound and about 2268 carats for just a rough calculation .....Mel
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Post by Toad on Dec 30, 2009 10:37:42 GMT -5
Yep, I made that mistake many times on my early days on ebay - not figuring what the cost came to per pound. I'd get a nice piece of ohywee, condor, lace or whateverfor a few bucks but when I did the math, I was like "How much did I pay for that?" I always do the the math first now.
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 30, 2009 10:56:58 GMT -5
*L* MY favorite example of this occurred at an outdoor show, either Quartzite or Bako I forget which, but the dealer had two bins of Oregon carnelian nodules which were both nice stuff, exactly alike except for size. The only difference was the smaller nodules were 50 cents per gram and the larger $6 per pound. Hmmm $6 per pound versus $227 per pound. Want to guess which bin was selling? *L* Wrong! Actually both! Folks were actually picking out rock from the per gram bin. I just walked away shaking my head.........Mel
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Post by stonesthatrock on Dec 30, 2009 10:59:44 GMT -5
yes i screwed up. maybe thats why i don't buy off ebay.. lmao all i know is i sell mine at $.50 a gram and its easy to figure that out. The scale tells me how many grams and then i can just multiply with a caculator. hehehe
mary ann
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Post by catmandewe on Dec 30, 2009 23:51:44 GMT -5
Woody, I have relatives in Sweet Home and they tried to get permission to go digging for Holley Blue but they got the same answer. There are lots of local stories about the timber people chasing them out of the area, and all the properties are posted with signs that say they will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.
MaryAnn, No biggie on the math. Chris and I are lookin forward to hangin out with you and Ralph over the next few weeks. See ya soon.....................Tony
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Post by Woodyrock on Dec 31, 2009 2:33:58 GMT -5
Mel:
That must have been some killer carnelian to be selling at 50 cents a gram! I think I might be wealthy, LOL, hell, even at $6.00 a pound I would be rolling in it. Maybe I need to drag some to Quartszite. Woody
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88pathoffroad
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Post by 88pathoffroad on Jan 16, 2010 14:10:53 GMT -5
Hahaha, you got those from Rob Leedy, I think. Hmmmmmmm. Looks to me like several nearly unusable very pale purple chunks unless you want to cut mini-cabs for earrings or tumble them. The Holley deposit is apparently mostly seam agate and people were killing themselves to get it back in the day, resulting in closure of the site. I've never been there but I found an early copy of the Oregon Gem Trails book with the site included and got a picture of it, mwuahahaha. The site was supposedly bulldozed to cover the deposit. The Calapooya purple agate on the other hand, is open to collecting nearly year-round and anyone with a car and some good eyes can pick some up. The Calapooya deposit is all nodular agate with included calcite. The nodules are fairly small but you can find larger pieces with luck and perhaps some hammer and chisel action. It's right on the side of the road that goes down the Calapooya river outside Holley. Here are some pics of some of the Calapooya agate I've collected...
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Post by aunuts on Jan 16, 2010 15:30:45 GMT -5
MaryAnn, Are you in Quartzsite yet? We were looking for you in Desert Gardens, but couldn't find you. Where are you?
Anybody else going to be here? Catmandewe? Are you here yet? If so, where? I would like to meet as many of you RTH'ers as possible while you're here.
Jo
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Post by elementary on Jan 25, 2010 23:03:47 GMT -5
88pathoffroad
That's some sweet lookin' stuff!
Is that the extent of the size? Have any other pictures? Larger specimens? Post Post POST!!!!
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Post by Toad on Jan 26, 2010 9:44:17 GMT -5
88 - I'm planning to tumble. That's why I don't pay for the good stuff.
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