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
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>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
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