Window Quartz from Kharan,Balochistan,Pakistan

Hi Guys, It is newly find Quartz Crystal and i want to know it`s value.

Crystal :6 cm



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/15/2009 07:42PM by Nauroz Nausherwani.

Before you ask for a price, you may want to clean it up as much as you can. There are several kinds of prices. On might be what the price would be if the specimen were cleaned well and a fine picture of it taken and then placed for sale on the website of a well know high end dealer. Another price might be for the specimen if it was part of an uncleaned big lot of similar specimens. If the specimen cleans up and is well photographed and offered for sale on a top end dealers website, it might bring as much at $200. If you sell it as part of a large lot of uncleaned similar specimens my guess is that you could get $80 per kg if there were not too many big low quality specimens in the lot. What would I pay for it? You really don't want to know. I am a wholesale dealer and a bit of a cheapskate.

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

Nauroz without all the fancy hype, and whatever else comes into a simply valuation, I can tell you it's no more than a piece of common Quartz that is coming out of Pakistan by the ton. Top price for a nice one like yours would be $20. I just recently purchased 40kgs for $50us.

It's these so called " high end dealers" selling common mineral specimens at over inflated prices to satisfy there over inflated egos that are causing alot of problems throughout the community. Remember ( they are rocks people, in many cases extremely common ) don't be fooled by hype. We can all drive the prices down by saying no to ourselves in most cases, and taking look around for better value.

Craig.

hehe Rock Currier you tell me your price , i won`t mind it .
Best of Luck,
Nauroz Nausherwani

What I would pay would depend on how well it might clean up and how much damage was on the specimen. Depending on the locality between $5 and $20. That would be for a single specimen. If it was part of a big lot, probably less than than.

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

Thanks, Crig can u tell me the simplest way to clean such specimens?.

Soap, water, and a toothbrush. Watch the temperature, too hot might cause cracking. More sophisticated cleaning methods are high-pressure water guns, ultrasonic cleaners, oxalic acid to remove iron stains... but start with a toothbrush.

Thanks alot.I really appreciate you.Actually i am an amateur and only mineral lover who puts information about minerals found in Kharan.

This looks a lot like Zhob material with its typical, and oftenly very beautifull, clay inclusions. Unless there have been a new find there, or this piece is from profuse Kharan, then it would worth more than 20$ I think, as the Zhob find was relatively small and quickly al extracted. If pristine, cleaned & from the original find I'd ask for 50-60US$ or so.

Dear Aymeric
Thanks for your comment.

yours truly

Nauroz Nausherwani.

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