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Re: Learn something: A place for random knowledge [Re: cozmyc] 1
#28485895 - 09/28/23 03:31 PM (3 months, 28 days ago) |
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Raw gems don't have a lot of value until they're cut and as such they act like liquid assets. This is because the price of cutting them can be undercut with cheap foreign labor like the lapidary factories in Vietnam.
Fossicking for gems yourself isn't profitable, you need a mining claim and a lot of capital to start anything. The real way to make money is to buy cheap raw gems, ship them overseas for cutting, and sell them at major profit.
It might cost $70 to cut a gem in Australia, but under $10 in Vietnam.
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Re: Learn something: A place for random knowledge [Re: cozmyc] 2
#28485968 - 09/28/23 04:43 PM (3 months, 28 days ago) |
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It's the same with opal, you could find a good single piece, but the seams are often 40ft below potch. The capital needed to invest in a mining claim is 6 figures. You can meet local miners and trade raw material for cheap, still thousands, then refine and polish the pieces and create a large markup.
A high quality $3000 raw piece can be sold for $7000 once polished.
This does take time and attention to detail to accomplish and is a higher value lapidary skill.
I think it highlights how raw jewellery operates as a business. I also am starting to believe that is is a good thing to have as much aware of what making a good business decision involves. To learn how a business operates, what practices they specialise in, and by what means they balance productivity.
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Re: Learn something: A place for random knowledge [Re: loladoreen] 1
#28532390 - 11/06/23 10:56 PM (2 months, 19 days ago) |
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I recently found that dried dates clean the palet extremely well after eating pickled cucumbers and vice versa. Even together they complement eachother to a point, just not in excess.
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Re: Learn something: A place for random knowledge [Re: GenesisCorrupted]
#28532393 - 11/06/23 10:59 PM (2 months, 19 days ago) |
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Apple cheese and tomato sauce does not work for me, but an old mate used to love it. Probably still does.
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Re: Learn something: A place for random knowledge [Re: GenesisCorrupted] 1
#28532424 - 11/06/23 11:49 PM (2 months, 19 days ago) |
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I ain't falling for your tomfoolery again.
Here's some random knowledge, whatever food combos are posted here, doesn't mean you've got to copy those comments into your thread!
Custard and energy drinks taste good but shouldn't be mixed, and eating too much brie cheese has the same effect as eating too many warheads or pinapple.
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Re: Learn something: A place for random knowledge [Re: cozmyc] 1
#28579260 - 12/11/23 08:20 PM (1 month, 16 days ago) |
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I want to share some dietary info related to our biology that has alleviated some serious temporary concerns.
You see.. over the years, I've managed to accidentally turn my turds 5 different colours.
I can turn my turds black, green, red, yellow or purple with dietary choices.
Fortunately it was just due to the foods I was indulging in, but it's good to know now.
Heres the secret recipe to colouring with turds.
- Oreos - black
- Food colouring - bile green
- Watermelon - fleshy red
- Sweet potato - vibrant yellow
- Red dragon fruit - bloody purple
Note this is the result of excessive consumption of such foods, like 1kg + of sweet potato. That shit's delicious
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