Dear Eric, List; My best apple green nephrite jade is $1.90 a gram, and not counting NWA's is about as equally rare as U.S. meteorites. Dave Freeman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Since there has been some discussion of meteorite prices lately I thought >I would put a little perspective on meteorite prices. Listed below are >prices I saw today at the Tucson show of some common gemstones. I have >coverted all the prices to $/gm for an easier comparison to current meteorite >prices. I did not look for either high or low prices I just wrote down a >bunch of what I saw. Keep in mind the price of your favorite meteorite when >you read the list. > >Cubic zircon $5 /gm >Ametrine $15 - $25 >Citrine $175 to $635 >Peridot $170 to $320 >Spinel $175 to $635 >Green Tourmaline $225 >Blue Tourmaline $300 >Grossular garnet $600 to $750 >Mali Garnet $800 to $900 >Tanzanite $875 to $1250 > > Note that I did not have to list diamond, emerald, ruby, sapphire, etc >to get to Martian and Lunar prices. Prices are low on meteorites because >there is little demand for them not because there is a huge supply of them. >If you want the value of your meteorites to go up all you have to do is >convince women that meteorites are better than jewelry, chocolate or flowers >for valentine's day. That may be a tough sell, I haven't even convinced my >wife of that yet ;-) So is a 5 carat (1 gram) Mali garnet worth 2-3 >kilograms of unclassified NWA? The market says it is. Would you trade hot >desert Martian straight across for tourmalines? Hardly seems like a fair >trade, but check the prices. > Just thought everybody might like a different slant on meteorite prices. > >Eric Olson >http://www.star-bits.com > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
