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I want to know the price of the following Ruby
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Probably between $25 and $2,500,000. You can easily look that up on the web.
I really don't think that members could be expected to provide a worthwhile valuation based on just an image. Is it a ruby or a bit of red glass, who can tell?
If you genuinely want a valuation, take it to a jeweler or someone who could physically inspect it.
I really don't think that members could be expected to provide a worthwhile valuation based on just an image. Is it a ruby or a bit of red glass, who can tell?
If you genuinely want a valuation, take it to a jeweler or someone who could physically inspect it.
Hi, George.
Please understand that Prospecting Australia isn't a website for buying/selling gemstones. Somebody here may be able to give you an indication of value, but the only realistic way that any stone can be valued is by first-hand expert examination.
The expert would utilise a bright light and a lens to determine clarity, inclusions and flaws, as well as testing to ensure that the stone has been correctly identified, using hardness tests, specific gravity calculation and UV inspection, etc.
Please understand that Prospecting Australia isn't a website for buying/selling gemstones. Somebody here may be able to give you an indication of value, but the only realistic way that any stone can be valued is by first-hand expert examination.
The expert would utilise a bright light and a lens to determine clarity, inclusions and flaws, as well as testing to ensure that the stone has been correctly identified, using hardness tests, specific gravity calculation and UV inspection, etc.
I reckon getting it recut could increase the value as some of the facets are quite worn. However if it has historic value certainly dont do that
How do you know it’s a ruby and not a synthetic?
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I has been examined by an expert in the local market.
Gem.org.au You can't get a free assessment on PA.
As Manficat has indicated one can see quite a lot of wear in the form of facet edge fractures and scratches on facet faces. Ruby is a form of corundum and has a hardness of 9 on the Moh scale, second only to diamond which makes ruby an extremely durable gemstone.
For a stone claimed to be a ruby, such a high degree of wear would raise red flags as to its authenticity.
That type and degree of wear would be more consistent with a softer material like glass. Glass has a hardness of only 5.5 and can easily be scratched with a steel pocketknife blade or nail so that can be easily checked. It won't matter too much trying that as you will not be able to scratch it if a ruby and if just glass, what's to lose?
If still in doubt, for its authenticity and value to be truly assessed you need to have that done by a qualified expert. Despite what the expert at the market told you, if that person was unable to also provide a valuation as well, the qualifications of that person would have to be questioned.
If after all, you still think you may have a highly valuable stone in your possession, then your course of action should be to find a qualified expert to give you a second opinion by physically examining the stone and also provide a certified valuation.
For such a large stone weighing 5 grams, opinions whether given verbally by "experts" in a market or well-intentioned members here looking at photographs are essentially worthless if you intend to sell the stone. For that you will need a certified valuation.
For a stone claimed to be a ruby, such a high degree of wear would raise red flags as to its authenticity.
That type and degree of wear would be more consistent with a softer material like glass. Glass has a hardness of only 5.5 and can easily be scratched with a steel pocketknife blade or nail so that can be easily checked. It won't matter too much trying that as you will not be able to scratch it if a ruby and if just glass, what's to lose?
If still in doubt, for its authenticity and value to be truly assessed you need to have that done by a qualified expert. Despite what the expert at the market told you, if that person was unable to also provide a valuation as well, the qualifications of that person would have to be questioned.
If after all, you still think you may have a highly valuable stone in your possession, then your course of action should be to find a qualified expert to give you a second opinion by physically examining the stone and also provide a certified valuation.
For such a large stone weighing 5 grams, opinions whether given verbally by "experts" in a market or well-intentioned members here looking at photographs are essentially worthless if you intend to sell the stone. For that you will need a certified valuation.
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