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poops.
I was going to have a friend try to find some for me in Tucson.
I guess if she sees anything that looks right she can collect business cards.

I've moved this topic to a more appropriate section.

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An extremely rare relic from the earliest years of the Kimberley diamond rush - a rough stone, still embedded in kimberlite - sold at auction in London for £10,500 ($14,000).

It dates back to the New Rush at ...

OK, good luck with your business, but bear in mind this is a gemological venue. Our members are established in the industry and I dare say are well aware of what quality stamps in jewelry items should imply.

Unless a quality stamp is accompanied with a registered maker's mark or hallmarking it is ...

It's a very pretty stone. Elongated cabochon is unusual!

As I understand it, this stone is transparent chalcedony colored with chrysocolla.
Some of the nicest examples I've seen.
from: birubacan_jakarta

Jaw dropping improvements. Well done.

I like to sprinkle it on top of the frothy egg whites on a whiskey sour.

Demantoid,

You are describing a very specialized assignment.
Most jewelry appraisers are not qualified to identify and value mineral specimens.

When I think of mineral specialists, the Larsons come to mind.

I would recommend contacting them and ask if they can recommend someone in Texas

Let us know if you have any questions or confusions about anything. We're here to help.

We are putting the cart in front of the horse with these pictures.
The first requirement is to positively identify the gem featured. Some inclusion types are specific to the gems which contain them. Most others are not.
Description of Inclusion types:
https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/summer-2022 ...

There are several online resources to learn about gemology without charge.
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Barbara Smigel's Free Online Gemology Course

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Our own GEMOLOGY PROJECT
Including ...

Massive Emerald Rock Found in Presidential Palace
November 24, 25 by John Jeffay

(IDEX Online) - One of the world's biggest emerald rocks - weighing 300kg (661lbs) - has been discovered in Madagascar's presidential palace after the country's former leader Andry Rajoelina was overthrown in a ...

Gifted by Emperor Nicholas II to the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna on Easter Day, 1913: the Winter Egg

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Adorned with more than 4,000 diamonds, and opening to reveal wood anemones finely carved from white quartz, the Winter Egg is among the most lavish and artistically inventive ...