NATURAL OBJECTS
For me this is mostly natural mineral specimens and fossils.
2002 Some cut stones are beginning
to come in. Last year I knew nothing about cut stones, and have been
forced to investigate the market. I am not pleased with what I've
found. There is no valid price structure or normal profit margin.
It is a cutthroat business in which every level attempts to take maximum
advantage of the ignorance of the potential buyer. For example, some
of the same batch of rubies I offer below were offered to me for $1000
each! Average markups from primary producer to ultimate seller are
outrageous - 10,000% is not uncommon, 1000% is pretty normal. Quality
parameters are extremely subjective, so that virtually identical objects
can differ in price by enormous factors. Meanwhile, there is an enormous
glut of most gems. You can buy high quality in 1000 piece lots.
One word capsule of the gem market: yuk. But there is also opportunity
there. Find a complaisant jeweler, which is certainly not impossible,
because there are so many broke ones around, buy your own stones dirt cheap,
which can certainly be done, and get them custom set, often for less than
something out of the case in the store.
CRYSTALS & MINERAL SPECIMENS
Aquamarine
Aragonite
crystals from Morocco
Cut
stones
Emeralds
Gold
nuggets
Quartz
& pyrite crystals from Peru sold
Sulfur
crystals from Mexico
big
selenite crystal sold
Topaz
Tourmalines
FOSSILS
Crinoid
fossils sold
Trilobites
Fossil
ammonites
Fossil
fish & shrimp
Fossil
cephalopod, orthoceros, from Morocco sold
Marine
fossils
Early
Cretaceous fossil pinecone sold
Fossil
crabs from Italy and Philippines
Dinosaur
teeth
Plesiosaur
tooth from Morocco sold
Dinosaur
eggshell fragments
sold
Fossil
shark teeth, including some big ones sold
Fossil
penguin skull sold
Amber,
some with bugs inside, from Lithuania
Fossil
bugs
Cave
bear teeth & jaw fragments
Oreodont
teeth and jaw from South Dakota sold
Fossil
snail shells from Florida sold
fossil
bison teeth
METEORITES
Meteorites
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Bob Reis
POB 26303
Raleigh NC 27611
USA
phone: (919) 787-0881
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fax: (919 787-1882
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