Aquamarine Prices

I just purchased a ring for my wife to commemorate our 3rd child.
Since we have two March babies, the ring has two 5mm aquamarine
stones. The jewler charged $400 each, saying they are AAA quality.

This seems high...does $400/ea for aquamarine sound right?

Thanks.

On May 16, 11:47?pm, wrote:
I just purchased a ring for my wife to commemorate our 3rd child.
Since we have two March babies, the ring has two 5mm aquamarine
stones. he jewler charged $400 each, saying they are AAA quality.

This seems high...does $400/ea for aquamarine sound right?

Thanks.
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First of all CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Me as most of the other fellows artist in this group, deal with
wholesale gems suppliers. So you price obviously sound a bit high.
But what the hell, don't worry much about it, I am sure it's a
beautiful ring and above all
you got many more expensive thing to buy for your babies.

Vincenzo Taormina
http://www.vincenzotaormina.net

wrote:
I just purchased a ring for my wife to commemorate our 3rd child.
Since we have two March babies, the ring has two 5mm aquamarine
stones. The jewler charged $400 each, saying they are AAA quality.

This seems high...does $400/ea for aquamarine sound right?

Thanks.


Instead of giving a millimeter size, would you please specify the weight
in carats. That will give us an indication of the cost of the stones
per carat.

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Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com

Abrasha wrote in
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wrote:
I just purchased a ring for my wife to commemorate our 3rd child.
Since we have two March babies, the ring has two 5mm aquamarine
stones. The jewler charged $400 each, saying they are AAA quality.

This seems high...does $400/ea for aquamarine sound right?

Thanks.


Instead of giving a millimeter size, would you please specify the
weight
in carats. That will give us an indication of the cost of the stones
per carat.


The carat weight is going to be .5 carats +/- each, but even a
guesstimate, without actually seeing the stones to judge cut, clarity and
color, is going to be meaningless. The range of price per carat varies
greatly depending on cut, clarity but mostly on color. AAA grade can
mean almost anything.

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