Labradorite - $1 to $4/carat
Locality: Mexico

This material has been around a long time and is fairly common in small sizes.

Large sizes say over 10 grams (50 carats) clean are entirely another matter.

In large sizes clean... this material is rare and hard to come by. Large sizes are not common.

Labradorite has long been a stone that faceters have cut and polished because it is found literally all over the world and readily available inexpensively. There are deposits in northern Arizona (I collected it as a kid), Oregon, and many other states as well as Mexico, Africa, China, India... Basically it is very abundant and in smaller sizes a common mineral.

Because Labradorite is not especially hard (6 to 6.5 Moh's) and the refractive index is fairly low (1.52-1.56 about the same as Quartz or a little lower). Labradorite has not really been widely used in the jewelry trade. At least until recently... Labradorite is now becoming more commonly used and available faceted.

It does make a nice faceted stone and is a pretty champagne color. Larger faceted pieces because of rarity are a bit more valuable. But smaller material (under 10 carats) is not considered especially valuable and is common. Labradorite makes a nice inexpensive faceted stone and is good for jewelry use in protected setting.

Note: In my opinion there are some pretty questionable sales practices happening with Labradorite. A lot of these sales people are making claims about value that are very unlikely to happen. Labradorite makes a nice faceted stone and should be viewed as a nice stone... This material has all been hand cleaned.

Note: The going rate for this material commercially faceted is $15/carat for smaller stones to $25-$45/carat for large (over 10 carats) stones. So there can be good profit in cutting this material.

Currently Available:
$2/carat
1 each 27.02 carats - $54.04 gold/champagne, best cut oval/rectangle - 14mm x 25.3mm x 8.2mm deep
1 each 50.78 carats - $101.56 gold/champagne, best cut marquise - 19mm x 34mm x 9.5mm deep
1 each 24.10 carats - $48.20 gold/champagne, best cut oval/rectangle - 14.5mm x 24.2mm x 13.3mm deep
1 each 39.96 carats - $79.92 gold/champagne, best cut oval/pear - 17.5mm x 29.3mm x 13.6mm deep
1 each 64.60 carats - $129.20 gold/champagne, best cut pear - 21.7mm x 28.8mm x 16.5mm deep
1 each 35.66 carats - $71.32 gold/champagne, best cut trillion - 18.5mm x 21mm x 13.1mm deep
1 each 36.88 carats - $73.76 gold/champagne, best cut trillion - 19mm x 22mm x 10.5mm deep
1 each 32.63 carats - $65.26 gold/champagne, best cut rectangle - 15mm x 24mm x 8.5mm deep
1 each 31.32 carats - $62.40 gold/champagne, best cut cushion - 14mm x 20mm x 12.3mm deep
1 each 31.30 carats - $62.30 gold/champagne, best cut cushion - 13.3mm x 19.5mm x 13.7mm deep
1 each 30.38 carats - $60.76 gold/champagne, best cut rectangle - 12.5mm x 20mm x 11.5mm deep
1 each 37.48 carats - $74.96 gold/champagne, best cut rectangle/cushion - 19.2mm x 17.5mm x 11mm deep
1 each 25.70 carats - $51.40 gold/champagne, best cut rectangle - 12mm x 22mm x 14.8mm deep
1 each 57.08 carats - $114.16 gold/champagne, best cut pear - 24.3mm x 29mm x 11.7mm deep
1 each 26.75 carats - $53.50 gold/champagne, best cut rectangle - 13mm x 20.3mm x 10.5mm deep
1 each 71.20 carats - $142.20 gold/champagne, best cut oval/pear - 21.5mm x 27mm x 18.5mm deep

$3/carat
1 each 46.85 carats - $140.55 gold/champagne, best cut square - 20mm x 19mm x 19.3mm deep
1 each 59.55 carats - $178.65 gold/champagne, best cut oval/cushion - 23.4mm x 24mm x 12.7mm deep
1 each 106.50 carats - $319.50 gold/champagne, best cut trillion - 29.3mm x 28.6mm x 16.5mm deep
1 each 44.84 carats - $134.52 gold/champagne, best cut pear/cusshion - 16.3mm x 26.8mm x 15.5mm deep
1 each 38.74 carats - $116.22 gold/champagne, best cut trillion - 19.9mm x 20.3mm x 12.2mm deep
1 each 57.38 carats - $172.14 gold/champagne, best cut rectangle - 17.2mm x 22.2mm x 12.6mm deep
1 each 57.20 carats - $171.60 gold/champagne, best cut rectangle/cushion - 18mm x 26mm x 13.5mm deep
1 each 73.43 carats - $220.29 gold/champagne, best cut rectangle - 17mm x 29mm x 14.5mm deep
1 each 63.46 carats - $190.38 gold/champagne, best cut rectangle - 18.3mm x 27.8mm x 13.2mm deep
1 each 90.65 carats - $271.95 gold/champagne, best cut square/rectangle - 23mm x 25.5mm x 19.8mm deep
1 each 107.50 carats - $322.50 gold/champagne, best cut trillion/pear - 26mm x 28.6mm x 20mm deep

$4/carat
1 each 119.00 carats - $476.00 gold/champagne, best cut rectangle - 24mm x 35mm x 20.8mm deep
1 each 81.14 carats - $324.56 gold/champagne, best cut square/rectangle - 26mm x 27.5mm x 15mm deep
1 each 139.50 carats - $558.00 gold/champagne, best cut trillion - 29mm x 33mm x 16mm deep
1 each 186.50 carats - $746.00 gold/champagne, best cut rectangle - 27mm x 36mm x 21.8mm deep
1 each 71.24 carats - $284.96 gold/champagne, best cut pear - 18.8mm x 29.8mm x 15.3mm deep
1 each 204.50 carats - $818.20 gold/champagne, best cut trillion/square - 38.3mm x 38mm x 17mm deep
1 each 217.00 carats - $868.00 gold/champagne, best cut trillion - 31.5mm x 30.6mm x 21.9mm deep
1 each 141.10 carats - $564.00 gold/champagne, best cut cushion/rectangle - 27.3mm x 30.7mm x 18.5mm deep

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