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Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please
    #19370180 - 01/04/14 08:30 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

My friend bought this today as I told him I believed it is worth at least double what they where asking so now I would like to find out how much its actually worth.

Feel free to ask any questions needed to be answered for a proper appraisal to be made.






And of course +5 for everyone that gives any expert knowledge towards the appraisal.


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: fee]
    #19370197 - 01/04/14 08:35 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

And here's a pic with a lighter next to it kind of so you can estimate size



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I want to become a sun worshipper, so next time an atheist smugly asks me where god is, I can point smugly at the sun and laugh my ass off.

Then I drive away in my solar powered piece of shit car, cool stuff man.

And then I go kill a bitch because the flaming orb in the sky told me to do so, and I don't know, oppress a few minorities here and there in the name of nuclear fusion?

Religion is fun.


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: fee]
    #19370272 - 01/04/14 09:00 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I buy and sell watermelon tourmaline from the oceanview, chief, queen, cryo-genie, and Himalaya mines. cab quality watermelon is going for $20 a gram, and small but nice pencils are going for $15 a gram. the piece you have is considered a specimen piece only. it can't be reliably weighed because of the quartz and albite. I can see it has some clarity, but unless there are areas without cracks, it wouldn't be worth cutting for facet rough. because of these factors, I would pay no more than $20 for it. some would pay more, but I get my stones from the miners and from old collections when they go up for auction. it'll be worth less if it came from Afghanistan, Africa, or Pakistan. the Brazilian material is still commanding a good price, though still less than American gems. if it came out of Maine it could be worth something. even though you can't do much with it, it's still a beauty.


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: fee]
    #19370514 - 01/04/14 10:07 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I'd trade you 3 heady feathers, a bracelet that turns into a pipe, and a cactus for it


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: fee]
    #19371095 - 01/05/14 01:27 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

What is the locality and the weight?


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: ViscousGoo]
    #19371186 - 01/05/14 02:08 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

No more than $50 I'd say


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: Shins]
    #19371222 - 01/05/14 02:34 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

really depends on locality. Like someone else said Id pay no more than 20 and others might pay more.


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: ViscousGoo]
    #19371347 - 01/05/14 04:11 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

passifloracaerulea is right, but I think his estimate is a little low. It is a specimen piece only, but a nice one at that.  It absolutely depends on where you are selling it.  If that were sitting in a crystal shop in Florida here, there are places that would sell that for $50-70.  My personal estimate from what I've seen would be somewhere around $30 because of the vibrancy of and range of color, the cracks are really what hurt it.  If you were to try and sell it to someone who is around crystals all day it would likely be about $15-20.  It is close to being able to be faceted, but not quite there.  My large watermelon piece cracks off and isn't as transparent as yours is, but mine is much much bigger.  Beautiful piece either way, I love it!  Hit me up if you'd be interested in trading it, I have some cool crystals and I collect specimen rocks in  the matrix.  I have a piece with black tourmaline in quartz about the same size too!


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: ilus]
    #19371363 - 01/05/14 04:27 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)



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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: fee]
    #19371373 - 01/05/14 04:35 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

nicechrisman said:
I'd trade you 3 heady feathers, a bracelet that turns into a pipe, and a cactus for it




Take the deal


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: passifloracaerulea]
    #19371376 - 01/05/14 04:37 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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passifloracaerulea said:
I buy and sell watermelon tourmaline from the oceanview, chief, queen, cryo-genie, and Himalaya mines. cab quality watermelon is going for $20 a gram, and small but nice pencils are going for $15 a gram. the piece you have is considered a specimen piece only. it can't be reliably weighed because of the quartz and albite. I can see it has some clarity, but unless there are areas without cracks, it wouldn't be worth cutting for facet rough. because of these factors, I would pay no more than $20 for it. some would pay more, but I get my stones from the miners and from old collections when they go up for auction. it'll be worth less if it came from Afghanistan, Africa, or Pakistan. the Brazilian material is still commanding a good price, though still less than American gems. if it came out of Maine it could be worth something. even though you can't do much with it, it's still a beauty.








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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: Asante]
    #19414295 - 01/13/14 08:29 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I bought this watermelon today in quartzsite for $100. it is 25 grams @ $4 per gram. Himalaya mine, California. it is perfectly terminated and all cracks are healed. I am going to cut this one into slabs for earrings.


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: passifloracaerulea]
    #19439652 - 01/18/14 08:26 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I bought some Russian watermelon tourmaline yesterday, and it's beautiful, perfect for cutting slabs. looks like fee is a gonner... he must have fucked the wrong girl...


Edited by passifloracaerulea (01/18/14 08:28 PM)


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: passifloracaerulea]
    #19439693 - 01/18/14 08:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

passifloracaerulea said:
I bought this watermelon today in quartzsite for $100. it is 25 grams @ $4 per gram. Himalaya mine, California. it is perfectly terminated and all cracks are healed. I am going to cut this one into slabs for earrings.





I see you got a complementary cat with your mineral. Sweet deal.

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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: The Vapor]
    #19439742 - 01/18/14 08:52 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

that's burger king, my daddy singapurra cat.


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: fee]
    #19439818 - 01/18/14 09:17 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Wasn't sure if it was a drug until I googled it.


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: Eggtimer]
    #19446962 - 01/20/14 10:26 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I think this would actually be bicolor tourmaline because the pink isn't encased in the green but rather next to it.


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: Anonamoose]
    #19449042 - 01/20/14 06:23 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

the one I posted is a true watermelon, and the one op posted has a couple crystals that are true watermelon as seen in his 3rd pic.


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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: passifloracaerulea]
    #19450051 - 01/20/14 09:49 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Thought this was watermelon tourmaline... pink with green around the outside.



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Re: Watermelon tourmaline appraisal needed please [Re: Anonamoose]
    #19451326 - 01/21/14 03:40 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

yes, mine are not cut yet and op's is not able to be cut.


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