Good evening! Newbie here....and an Amertine Q

[RockHugger]

I have been reading these threads for a while. You all have some very interesting and beautiful pieces! A little about myself. I am a new gemstone collector, and I LOVE tanzanites. I have about 70cts of loose tanzies. I recently came across this one. It is a 75+ ct ametrine. I say + because I cant find a scale that will go above 75cts to get a true weight. It is a natural stone. The citrine color shifts 3 different times in the stone, and kind of makes a z when you look at it from the side. It also has a natural veil inclusion and another feather inclusion on the bottom of the stone. You cant really see it inless you are face up into it. The rest of the stone looks like glass. I just purchased it for a STEAL (6$) from a guy on ebay. He wasnt a dealer (or I would have assumed fake) but just a guy selling off the stuff in his house it looked like. He said he had it cut from a huge 200ct rough about 7 yrs ago. He gave me the cutters name and I called him and he remembered the stone. I put it in my refractometer and it is spot on for ametrine. At 1.548. The color change line isnt real sharp, also telling me its natural. (as you can see, I make sure I have real stones)
I have been researching Ametrines, and I cant find one this size in natural form. The highest I have gotten is 50ish cts.


What would you think the value of a stone like this would be? I usually deal with Tanzies, so I dont know much about these. Thank you in advance! I am sure you will see alot more of me!

 

[RockHugger]

Here is another picture from the side...

 

[RockHugger]

The other side...

 

[arjunajane]

Hi Tropicgal,

Welcome to PS and thankyou for sharing your photos

I thought I may just suggest not to use your email addy as your screen name? Of course you are welcome to use what you like, but being a public forum personally I would be concerned about security/unsolicited emails.
If you contact the admins they could help you change it.

Again welcome and I hope you enjoy your time here!

 

[RockHugger]

Oh thank you! I ment to just put tropicgal10, but it auto filled I guess. I wil change it!

 

[Fly Girl]

Gorgeous stone, Tropicgal, and welcome to Pricescope.

Have you taken a look at the ametrines at All That Glitters? Link They have some stones with mixed colors like yours, although I don''t find any quite as big.

 

[D&T]

have no idea about the value of that ametrine- but just wanted to say Welcome to PS and boy that is a Lovely Gem

 

[RockHugger]

Thank you!

Ack, over 700 for a 20ct....Now I really wanna know what this bad boy is worth! Maybe I should put it in something more then a baggie...

 

[RockHugger]

This one really shows its size. It is HUGE!

 

[fierypyropixy]

Welcome to PS, that''s a great fun size!

 

[arjunajane]

Date: 11/10/2009 9:40:30 PM
Author: Tropicgal10
Oh thank you! I ment to just put tropicgal10, but it auto filled I guess. I wil change it!

you're welcome!

 

[RockHugger]

I keep telling hubby I am going to make it into a ring HAHA!! Wouldnt that be totally awesome!

 

[fierypyropixy]

Date: 11/10/2009 11:13:10 PM
Author: Tropicgal10
I keep telling hubby I am going to make it into a ring HAHA!! Wouldnt that be totally awesome!

Hey, I'd do it.

 

[Lovinggems]

Cool ametrine! Welcome.

 

[Largosmom]

I LOVE ametrine myself and the color on this stone is really nice even if the zones are not "perfect"...and the price, NICE! I''d have no idea how to set something that big, but I really like it and thanks for sharing it.

Laura

 

[chrono]

It’ll make an awesome broach. It’ll hang your neck down as a pendant.

 

[RockHugger]

Date: 11/11/2009 1:34:27 AM
Author: Largosmom
I LOVE ametrine myself and the color on this stone is really nice even if the zones are not ''perfect''...and the price, NICE! I''d have no idea how to set something that big, but I really like it and thanks for sharing it.

Laura

See, I like this stone because its not perfect. Imperfect stones have more personality....and give you more to look at. I think noone bid on it because it wasnt a dealer selling it. It was some dude with 50 (100%) feedback selling his old coins, knives and this gem. I like to seek out these people on ebay who are selling their small collection pieces because you get the best deals.

I was thinking a pendent too. I havnt set any of my stones yet (except for my 1.3ct diamond). I am always so scared to set them because then they can get damaged.

 

[ma re]

Maybe it wouldn''t be a bad idea to get some basic sort of ID report for this stone, cause at this carat weight even ametrines become quite pricey (mainly because of the weight, they''re not rare or something). I see some 25-30 ct pieces, not much better than yours, sold for like 300$ retail, so you might''ve made a very good deal.

 

[SB621]

Personally I would make a multi strand pearl bracelet out of it like Lady Diana''s. Though the colors might be off with this stone!

I love BIG gemstones but I dont'' come close to yours! my largest is 20.09 cts!

Welcome to PS!

 

[RockHugger]

Oh how cool! I like that idea!

 

[PrecisionGem]

Prices on quartz usually decrease per ct above 20 cts or so. The wholesale price for a stone like this would be between $2 and $8 per ct. Better colors, color effect and cuts getting the higher prices. You dont see a lot of larger stones because they are not really useful in jewelry.

 

[marcy]

Welcome to Pricescope. What a lovely and HUGE ametrine.