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fifty to five hundred dollars per carat; one-half and three-fourths
carat, of the same quality, from one hundred and fifty to two hundred
and fifty dollars; one-fourth and three-eighths carat, from one hundred
to one hundred and twenty-five dollars. Good colors, but very flawy,
from one-fourth carat to three carats, range from thirty-five to one
hundred dollars. Very light colors sell at from fifteen to thirty
dollars.
Aquamarines
of the light-bluish tint cost from three to seven dollars per carat.
Fine golden beryls, when they are to be had, bring from fifteen to
twenty-five or thirty dollars.
Round
Oriental pearls of good color and skin, from three to ten grains, cost
from two dollars and fifty cents to four dollars base; smaller, about
ten per cent, less; larger and especially fine gems, down to five
grains, five to eight dollars. Fresh-waters are uncertain, though very
fine ones command good prices. Baroques range from a few cents to five
dollars per grain. Good wing pearls, from five to ten cents per grain.
Fine
small olivines, from one-thirty-second carat down, are worth from
twenty-five to fifty dollars per carat. Melange averaging about
three-eighths carat, about thirty to thirty-five dollars. Good stones
of over one carat seldom come into the market, and sell readily for
from sixty to seventy-five dollars. The poorer grades of this stone
find slow sale at any price in the market.
Fair
Australian opals sell at from three to ten dollars per carat; very good
at from ten to fifteen dollars. Gem pieces are very scarce, and find
ready buyers at as high as fifty to sixty dollars per carat. Fine
matrix sells at from one dollar and fifty cents to three dollars per
carat.
Fine
American turquoise is graded according to color and size, from three to
twelve dollars per carat. Large flawless pieces sell as high as twenty
dollars per carat.
Zircon and jargoon of good color range from five to ten dollars per carat. Ordinary material of foreign cut sells at
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