JewelsRoughGems, Our Tips for Buying GEM Faceting ROUGH Stones, Tourmaline, Emeralds, Cab Rough, Sugilite, Cabochons, Minerals, Specimens From The Tucson Gem & Jewellery Shows, The Massive shows are all over Tucson, Most located along the I-10 strip, in the Hotels, the shows start about Febuary 1 st and last about 2 weeks. Don't expect to find a Motel room, They can & will be sold out.

  Fabulous Virgin Valley Black Opal

Here is a TOP COLOR Neon Pink Spinel, A very rare Color Gemstone. Most Ruby & Sapphire are heat treated, They Do Not Heat or Treat Spinels, They are all Natural, And you don't have to Orient for Color, I was only able to get one that was a full Pink,  it is listed in my Ebay Store. The next 2 are a GLOWING Mozambique Neon Blue Green PARAIBA Tourmaline

 Fabulous New Discovery from Tanzania, SPESSARTITE GARNET !

Top Gem Sleeping Beauty Turquoise, And Gem Mandarin Orange Red Spessartite Garnets, large sizes and VVS quality

 The first thing to do is to READ & STUDY, about all Types of Gemstones, The more you know the better you will be able to Purchase Rough Material at affordable prices.

 We have a large store on eBay and about 1/2 of the stones I sell I purchase directly from the Tucson Gem & Jewellery Shows. Its also a great place to get contacts for Gem Dealers from other Countries. where I purchase the other half of my inventory. I have found when buying Rough Gemstones its far better to pay top price and get a top Gem Material

 Ask yourself one question ? Would you rather have one Great Stone or a pile of worthless Junk. Thats why I pay more than most Dealers.

 You can pay less but you will have a much harder time Faceting & Selling your Gemstone.

 The Best Way to Buy, in my opinion.

 1. Learn

 2. Buy Stones with lots of Great Color, Stones Can be To Dark or To Light, As a Rule its best if the stone is a Bright Medium Dark. ( Except for Natural Light Color Stones like Aquamarine ) But vivid Color is very important. When Selling on Ebay Good Pictures are very important and Stones with Strong Color will be much easier to great pictures, light color stones are difficult.

3. Try to Buy Rough Stones that are at least 5ct in Size, Keeping in mind the average yield on a Faceted Cut Gemstone will be about 30% the size of your rough,

 Buying, Single Stones are expensive even for dealers, Try to buy larger Quanities, The prices are much better the more you buy, at Gem Shows " Cash Talks " best with dealers from overseas,

 Just above a Very Unusual Chivor Emerald Crystal. VVS quality and di-hexagonal ~ 12 sided  

And also look for the Shape of the rough, They can be to thin or odd shaped for producing a nice gemstone, I like nice Round or Plump Ones !!! 

4. Clarity, Try to purchase the Cleanest stones available, You have to be Very Careful here, Look for Fractures within the stone, or other Types of Inclusions that will lower its Value.

 Lower grade stones are mostly junk and Gem Cutters will be unable to Cut Them properly. 

5. The best way to Buy is to SEE them in person, Go to Gem Shows in your Local Area, Most larger cities will have gem shows once or twice a year.

6. Deal with Natural Stones that have not been Heated or Treated in anyway, Treated stones have a much lower Value.

Be Sure To Take a Look in my Ebay Store,  WWW.Stores.Ebay.Com/JewelsRoughGems

, and you will get a good idea of what Very High quality Jewelry Grade stones look like and the various types of Gem Stone Rough.

 I try very hard to have good pictures, Some are and some just ok. Facet Rough in our store, Tourmaline, Emerald Crystals, Spinel, Moonstone, Iolite, Topaz, Spessartite Garnets, Opals,

 This is a Neon Red Pink Spinel from Tanzania, Its a Semi-Facet Rough. This is a Gem with Unbelieveable Top Color. Its also listed in our Store.

 Cab or Cabbing Rough to Cut Cabochons in our store For Lapidary or Designer Artisans, Lapis, Natural Kingman & Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Nuggets, Cobalto Calcite Pink Drusy, AAA Larimar, Rare Moonstone,

 The Best From the 2006 Tucson Gem & Jewelry Shows, Hand Picked, Top Pink Opal from Peru, Uvarovite Green Drusy from Russia, Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Rough, And Expensive Rare High Quality Gel Sugilite, The prices just keep going up on Gel Sugilite,

Grading; Did you know that some stones can be AAA Graded and still be close to junk, Just because a dealer buys a parcel of AAA graded stones does not mean all of them will be AAA, Its been my experience that many will only be A or AA grade. Currently I am considering updating my grading for my Pink Opal And Uvarovite Garnets, They are far superior stones and don't fall into the AAA Grade, They are Much Better, There are no set ways to grade them. 

We are writing this guide based on our experience buying and selling Facet Rough Gemstones and Very High quality Cabbing Rough, You will find a large selction of Tourmaline, Emerald Crystals, Uvarovite Garnet Drusy, And Peruvian Pink Opal in our Ebay Store. New for 2008, Lots of Valuable High Quality Gel Sugilite Lapidary Rough.

  Virgin Valley Black Opal Uncut

We are a Reliable Retail Merchant that you can depend on for fair trading, Any problem we will go the extra mile to have satisfied customers.

 Fabulous Caribbean Blue Tourmaline, Looks like it might have copper as its from Mozambique, it is listed in our store.

 Here is a Glowing Mozambique Paraiba Tourmaline, It is listed in our Ebay Store

I will try to add to my review later. Thanks for Looking, Good Luck