How much do semi precious stones cost?
Can’t say how much your particular stones cost. The price depends on the particular material, workmanship, how many times the item was marked up through resale and how they were set in what material. You cannot expect all opals to cost the same and be priced like tourqouis or smoky quartz or garnet. It might be possible to come up with a ballpark range on a stone if the type is known, but there’s no clue in the question. I used to buy rough opals for a few dollars and cut them into jewels that sold for more than ten times my cost for the small ones. Bigger ones with the right color were worth hundreds each after finishing. Tourqouis and malachite was always a joy to work as well because of how much you could multiply your profit for a moderate amount of work. Agate was hard and took a lot of time, but beautiful in the end. There was more value in the time than the material.Other stones could be tumble finshed and drilled for beads- there’s a lot of things you can find on the beach or h
