sheldon74
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Post by sheldon74 on Jul 4, 2013 19:17:50 GMT -5
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Geoff
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Post by Geoff on Jul 4, 2013 19:23:14 GMT -5
Probably to cover the cost of hosting the ridiculous amount of photos they took of it. Damn, just record a five second 360 video on a black background.
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 4, 2013 19:39:21 GMT -5
prices on that site are way out of line.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 4, 2013 19:44:22 GMT -5
TheSphereMaker's prices have always been crazy high. I don't know how they manage to stay in business.
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Post by Geoff on Jul 4, 2013 20:14:56 GMT -5
Do they cater to the metaphysical crowd? If so, that's one way to stay in business.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2013 21:00:37 GMT -5
is it me or are all the picures broken?
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 4, 2013 21:17:08 GMT -5
I saw pics
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2013 21:23:56 GMT -5
they are using a host called fototime and that website is broken!
That guy is about a 45 minutes from me. Crazee prices for sure.
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Post by Pat on Jul 4, 2013 21:56:29 GMT -5
I googled "native silver sphere" and it showed up on google images, but not on the spheremaker's website.
At the price of silver today, I wonder how his price compares. Hmm, three pounds would be $912 at $19 per ounce.
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 4, 2013 22:20:01 GMT -5
not refined silver. ores typically contain less than 1% silver.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2013 1:14:31 GMT -5
I can see the pics now. Looks like as the description says "native silver". That is natural metallic silver. Maybe 70% when considering matrix. Considering the work required, way overpriced.
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Post by fantastic5 on Jul 5, 2013 7:52:00 GMT -5
Well - it looks like he sold it! Anyone could stay in business if they could ask and get those prices!
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sheldon74
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Post by sheldon74 on Jul 5, 2013 7:53:24 GMT -5
It looks like it is mostly Cobaltite.
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Jul 6, 2013 16:49:47 GMT -5
$3650 for that is beyond ridiculous.... and they say the material isn't rare, only the locale when it was mined originally is, guess that mine is no longer in operation... but doesn't that beg the question; "if the mine is closed and that makes the material rare, wouldn't it be worth more intact instead of ground into a sphere"?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2013 14:24:33 GMT -5
$3650 for that is beyond ridiculous.... and they say the material isn't rare, only the locale when it was mined originally is, guess that mine is no longer in operation... but doesn't that beg the question; "if the mine is closed and that makes the material rare, wouldn't it be worth more intact instead of ground into a sphere"? Not at $3650 for the sphere! Who pays more than that for the source rock? |
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Post by sheldon74 on Jul 9, 2013 20:31:28 GMT -5
I can certainly guarantee that the material is becoming very rare. I live in the town that it was mined from and it is getting harder to find all the time. There are no mines in operation now but with a metal detector if your lucky enough you can still find a piece now and then. The sphere in the picture appears to be more cobaltite than silver. Here is a slab I recently cut showing very high grade silver in cobaltite. i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn289/InsaneTundra/Decorated%20images/DSC03034.jpg It weighs 575 grams and a visual estimate is about 50% silver. So about 287.5 grams of silver. The value of 287.5 grams of pure silver is $177.56 on July 9, 2013 (based on $19.21/ounce price). I estimate the sphere being 2.6" is around the same weight as the slab I posted. Perhaps it is the rarity of the material that makes it so valuable. I should be making spheres.. |
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Jul 10, 2013 20:02:32 GMT -5
$3650 for that is beyond ridiculous.... and they say the material isn't rare, only the locale when it was mined originally is, guess that mine is no longer in operation... but doesn't that beg the question; "if the mine is closed and that makes the material rare, wouldn't it be worth more intact instead of ground into a sphere"? Not at $3650 for the sphere! Who pays more than that for the source rock? but the sphere isn't that big, so the material has to be worth about $1000.00/pound or better to make that sphere... and think of the amount of material ground away.. in this day of Ebay "RARES", anyone trying to capitalize on this material would be selling paper thin slabs for 300.00 each! |
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