People sell gems for $2.99 on the Internet! What is wrong?
These are gems of lowest quality sold at “cutting costs”. That means the stone was produced from fish tank quality gravel at bottom rock cost: Industrially mined and then either machine cut or faceted by some Thai girls who work their backs and eyes sick in 14 hours shifts 7 days per week sitting in a stuffy room on wooden benches. A precious gemstone for $2.99 is a contradiction in itself.