Opinions please?

[BrimstoneTwo]

I'm new to coloured stones. Have come across this ring for sale for $120. Fair price, overpriced or bargain? Thanks!

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

Hi Brimstone. Since we cannot see the amethyst very well in your picture I am going to comment on the setting. This is a ring with a very light-weight gold setting. At not even 2 grams the ring is going to feel very thin and you will need to take care when wearing it.

 

[BrimstoneTwo]

Thanks LisaRN. My gut instinct was to pass on it and when I did some research I found the company website. It doesn't seem like what I was hoping it might be.

 

[chrono]

Green amethyst is more often than not, synthetic quartz.

 

[valeria101]

Nevermind bargains in Gem Land ...

 

[BrimstoneTwo]

Thanks chrono! I discovered that afterwards. Learning, learning!

 

[mastercutgems]

Here are some locations it ( green quartz ) have been found... Farm Kos and and Farm Rooisand (Namibia), Kalomo-Mapatiqya (Zambia), and Southern Bahia (Brazil). These are locations that natural green quartz has been discovered. Back when I first started collecting facet rough in the late 1980's and early 1990's it was called vermarine and it was told to me it was from a location in Brazil that when low and slow heated the amethyst would turn a pastel green. I have some of the rough; but with all the treatments and synthetics these days; why bother cutting it ???

But nature does produce it; it is rare but not so rare it has a high price tag...

Most respectfully;

Dana Reynolds
ASG Certified
Supreme Master Gem Cutter
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