Chrysoberyl
Date - Pricing as of April 2008

Color: Pale to colorless yellow, yellow, yellow/green, light green, gold, honey, coffee, brown, occasionally a bi color yellow to brown/honey (rare).

Note: Chrysoberyl has a wide color range and in general the brighter the stone and more pure the color the more valuable. Chartreuse (green) stones are probably the rarest and most valuable, but bright yellow and gold are just about as valuable in my opinion.

Note2: Chrysoberyl is rare in sizes clean over 2 carats, stones over 3 carats clean are in the upper scale of the price range. Stones over 5 carats clean are collector stones.

Pale (almost colorless to 15% tone) - Pale to light saturation.
Comments - This material actually can be valuable, especially when cut into nice designs.
Pricing - I generally price this material $65/ct to $240/ct and a minimum of $150 for a small stone to cover the labor.

Light (15% tone to 30%) - Light saturation saturation.
Comments - This material is valuable and I sell it faceted quite well, especially when cut into a larger stone and unique design.
Pricing - I generally price this material $90/ct to $360/ct and a minimum of $150 for a small stone to cover the labor.

Light/Medium (30% tone to 45%) - Light/medium saturation.
Comments - This material is valuable and not always easy to acquire. To me this is the ideal range for Chrysoberyl. I cut this material in what ever the rough needs and typically use unique designs
Pricing - I generally price this material $160/ct to $800/ct and a minimum of $150 for a small stone to cover the labor.

Medium (45% tone to 65%) - Medium saturation.
Comments - This material is valuable and not easy to acquire. I cut this material in what ever the rough needs and typically use unique designs.
Pricing - I generally price this material $140/ct to $600/ct and a minimum of $150 for a small stone to cover the labor.

Medium/Dark (65% tone to 85%) - Medium/dark saturation.
Comments - This material is some times nice but generally tends to be in the honey and coffee color ranges and saturation becomes an issue as well as color. I cut this material in the smaller to medium size ranges and typically use unique designs
Pricing - I generally price this material $35/ct to $140/ct and a minimum of $150 for a small stone to cover the labor.

Dark (85% tone to 100%) - This material is around, usually very dark coffee/brown. But I seldom cut any thing this dark.
Comments - The best use for this material is small (melee) stones so that the color will show. I almost never cut this material.
Pricing - Pricing this material is cost of goods and labor.

Special - As we all know as cutters some times a stone just comes out "special" for what ever reason. On these kinds of stones I basically price how ever I feel like. Because this stone comes under the "special" category I often do not care if I sell the stone or not. So I usually price it high enough that if I do sell it, I get a very good price. Enough to make me say "Oh well..." and sell it. So be aware that some times I just price a stone high because I do not care if I sell it. Ironically these stones usually sell the fastest...

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