1800ct ruby questions

[user001]

i recently acquired a 1800ct. Ruby Gemstone.
i really know nothing about gems, along with ruby came a GG GIA estate appraisal of $1,200- $78,000 .

now what does that mean? i dont think by any means its worth 78k like this. can a gem cutter find and cut a valuable gem from this?


What can you do with gem?
is there a market to sell this?

 

[soberguy]

I can say with certainty this ruby is not worth 70,000.00.

 

[Treenbean]

It looks like ruby in matrix. They have value but what the value is I don't know. Prolly not 78,000.00 though

 

[Nashville]

No idea... looks cool though! Kind of like a human heart

 

[Lady_Disdain]

First of all, an appraisal that gives a value range of 6,500% is useless. The purpose of the appraisal is to give a reasonable value range.

That stone is not transparent or translucent, which means that cutting it won't yield nice, sparkling gems and that most of its appeal is as a specimen.

I won't hazard a price (although I think it is on the lower end of the $0.67 to $4.33 per carat that the appraiser gave), but you need to find out if it has been dyed (common in this sort of specimen, unfortunately). If so, the price will be much, much lower.

 

[LD]

I was given a 30ct one free by an Ebay seller - along with an Emerald and Sapphire version - so I'm afraid that the value is probably not much.

 

[chrono]

I’m not even sure if it is worth $1200; as for that appraisal, it’s totally useless. The purpose of an appraisal is to give a pretty close estimate and with such a huge range, it doesn’t tell anybody anything. I mean, anyone can write up a appraisal like that without any GIA training! It looks opaque (included) and most likely not facetable. It might be cab material or just kept as a mineral specimen.

 

[missydebby]

Excuse me for being potentially lame here, but does anyone else notice the bit of color on the middle finger of the hand? Looks like some of the ruby "color" rubbed off during the photo shoot.

 

[RockHugger]

I purchased one of these on eBay a long time ago because I wanted to test it and play with it. I purchased a 800ct ruby and emerald for the grand total of $15.00. Prolly from the same person you purchased that from.

Both ended up as dyed composite of unknown rocks. Composite meaning, they took a bunch of ground up rocks, and glued them together and then dyed them whatever color they want. Neither had the refractive index of ruby or emerald, nor the specific gravity. If your real lucky, it may be a dyed composite rub, but that won't be worth anything near 1k, and actually more like $100. Again if your lucky.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you paid a lot for it (I know he had so e buy it now ones for 500$ plus) I would return it. I hate to see people scammed by this person. I left neutral feedback with him because he refunded me my money and let me keep the stones. That makes me think he knows what he's selling, because if I was selling super valuable stones that someone said was fake, I would want them back to retest them!

As for GG appraisals, if it's not a GIA lab report, it Doesn't mean much if the seller is not reputable. Anyone can type or write GG behind their name, and write a fake appraisal.

 

[chrono]

Good catch, MsDebby; looks like it could have been a poor dye job as well. If it is indeed a dyed rock of unknown origin, then its true value is probably in the mere cents/dollar range. I hope you’ll get this specimen checked out/verified before the return period is over if you still have time.

 

[GliderPoss]

Umm lets just say i hope you didn't pay more than about $10 for that.....

 

[Largosmom]

Got curious....

http://www.icollector.com/Museum-Size-1800-ct-Ruby-Gemstone-78k-GG-GIA_i9888340

 

[RockHugger]

Ugggh....300.00. If you can still return it, do it.

 

[JewelFreak]

Good job, Largosmom!