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PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:50 pm 
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If someone could wear a clock around their neck I see no reason why I couldn't wear that mineral specimen around my neck.

Gorgeous color!


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Hi

:smt082 I Like the way you think :lol:

beautiful specimen :smt055


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anitame wrote:
If someone could wear a clock around their neck I see no reason why I couldn't wear that mineral specimen around my neck.
Gorgeous color!


:lol: anita, you may have started a new trend!! min specimens necklaces!! gorgeous specimen, heck, i'd wear it around my neck, too, or have a hat designed out of it.


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cascaillou,

WOW :shock: :smt086 That is amazing!

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as we are talkin mineral specimens, I have to share another one which is my alltime favourite...but beware, this stone is cursed, should you monsters merely think of cuttin it, and you would find yourselves cutting flint for eternity! (if not turned into pigs)

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basalt geode with blue chalcedony, calcite and mordenite bobbles...surrealistic landscape...


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I love mineral specimens. That one is killer!


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Now that is different! :shock:

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Size Matters,
One mistake that many jewelers make is to figure a large stone using a jewelry standard, when in fact the larger faceted stones cease to be jewelry and become specimens. What kind of jewelry could hold such a monster? Why wave a red flag before the TAX MAN?
Years ago, some other speculators published an estimate of value for a large sapphire. The IRS took them up on their speculation and fined them for not reporting possession of their large stone in rough, as well as failing to pay taxes on the finished product, even prior to its late sale.
Cutting a large stone from rough that is faint in color, often means that if the same stone were cut into “jewelry sized wearable stones” the color would not be present or so faint as to be considered of low value per carat. A real novelty, but Aqua rough is often large….w


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This quote is from page 18 of "The Gem Merchant." When the size of the stone goes beyond what is considered commercial and is not in style in the marketplace at that time in that region, this would make the price per carat less because demand is diminished." the key here is the law of supply and demand. At a certain point (often when it is differcult to find a buyer even for neck pieces) prices decrease. If there is only a collector market there will be a small demand. Any supply above this demand will cause a fall in price. As the size increases there are usually break points where the price goes lower per carat.

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