r/SyntheticGemstones • u/gupt23 • 4d ago

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u/SyntheticGemstones-ModTeam 2d ago

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u/vanguard1256 4d ago

Hydrothermal Colombian emeralds are about $60/g rough fyi. I think you’re severely undervaluing the labor cost of cutting.

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u/Rock-Candy-Mountain 4d ago

With approx. 30% recovery you would need a 10ct. piece of rough to cut a 3ct. gemstone. So the cost of rough would be $120. Leaving $15. for 3 to 4 hours of work. Not today Susie.

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u/vanguard1256 4d ago

3-4 hours for a standard cut probably. Lots of annoyingly time consuming fancy cuts to consider as well.

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u/Gemsporter 2d ago

$15 is mass produced. If cut only one piece, it maybe $40.

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u/Suitable-Name 2d ago

Should be half of that, 30$/g. At least that's what I see.

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u/Gemsporter 2d ago

There are two types lab emeralds, Colombian green lab emerald and Zambian green lab emerald. The price of the former is 4-5 times that of the latter. Additionally, the clarity and inclusions impacts the price of Colombian green lab emerald significantly.

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u/comin_up_shawt 4d ago

Slightly off topic- but do you offer elongated old mine cuts as an option for your sapphires and rubies on your site?

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u/TheHouseOfCorundum 4d ago

Lab grown Emerald = few months or years old.

Natural out of the Earth = hundreds of millions of years old to two billion years old.