Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 10, 2018 12:35:18 GMT -5
Hey all,I have a question about sunstone.....I'm not into sunstones,but a friend wanted to buy some from another person,what is the going price per pound for rough stones,(small size)..??
Thanks...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2018 15:16:35 GMT -5
Depends entirely on color, schiller and size of stable/facetable area. If just yellow in too small a size to facet, he won't get much more than aquarium gravel prices. Facetable pieces are usually sold by the carat or gram on a sliding scale (goes up with bigger sizes, more rapidly with good reds and greens, even higher with dichroics and bi-tri colors). One of the more complicated stones to find comparable prices for rough.
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Feb 11, 2018 1:22:23 GMT -5
It would be very helpful to get an idea of how much the person wants, and what quality, as mentioned above.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 11, 2018 19:47:00 GMT -5
She wants about $100.00 for a pound or so (Maybe a bit over)...Most are small,yellow,yellow white,a few whites..,like small fingernail size.....My opinion, I though that to be quite high...
Just don't want my friend to get burned.....Being new at hounding..
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 22:07:20 GMT -5
You never know. Sometimes somebody who has a specific project in mind that calls for a bunch of uncut gemstones will pay whatever its worth to them to grab a box. An artist who needed a bunch of shiny gem-rocks for a wall they were doing and paid a local rock shop to have barrels of it shipped overseas.
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Post by gemfeller on Feb 11, 2018 22:19:00 GMT -5
That seems a lot higher for that grade than I've paid in recent years but prices tend to go upward and I'm not in touch with the current market. If clean, the yellow-to-whitish labradorites from Oregon called "sunstones" facet into much brighter gems than one would expect from their optical properties. Colored material with schiller and without can bring very high prices as mentioned above.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 12, 2018 10:42:30 GMT -5
Ok,no answers,just a ball park figure than???
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Post by woodman on Feb 12, 2018 10:53:33 GMT -5
Ok,no answers,just a ball park figure than??? This might help: sunstones |
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Post by Don on Feb 12, 2018 11:39:50 GMT -5
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 12, 2018 12:25:24 GMT -5
Thank you Don....Thumbs up |
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