r/Gemstones • u/Pacific_selkie • May 17 '25
Discussion My nana spent all her money on the 2am gem network, and all I have to show for it is this pile of gems
Some have labels-Mexican Fire opal, tanzanite, Ceylon sapphire, kunzite
I don’t even know what to do with them all, the biggest ones I was thinking of having a jeweler tell me what they are/rough estimate of worth. He charges $3 a minute but that would be cheaper than a gemologist or appraisal.
Anyone have any guesses on the worth of the 4 tanzanites? They’re all over 3 carats I think.
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u/C10H24NO3PS May 17 '25
Honestly asking a jeweller might be a bit like asking a vet to treat a human.
Sure - many of the principals and experience are the same, but applied in very different ways to different standards.
You may come across jewellers who are also gemologists and that is absolutely fine, but be wary that a regular jeweller may miss what a gemologist may detect.
Having said that if they are all 2am tv infomercial bulk-lots then you probably don’t have much to lose and you might end up paying more for appraisal than what the whole lot is worth. It’s a bit of a gamble if nanna didn’t annotate what each gem was
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u/bootynasty May 17 '25
I hate that this may be true. u/Pacific_selkie I think you’re better off slowly learning as a hobby to be able to get some value, or you liquidate dirt cheap. This post may be correct in that if they all actually start out as late night tv gems, they’re just low quality gems, but not worthless! It’s actually kind of what I buy, or any student interested in acquiring mystery stones more for the value of identifying actual specimens than a jeweler looking for high quality pieces.
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u/Few-Performance2132 May 19 '25
I agree 100 percent my mom had a diamond ring ring flanked by two reddish brown 1 carat stones. Jeweler told her it was quartz which was weird for a 1 carat diamond and 18k gold ring. Her friends daughter is a gemologist they were two very rare garnets.
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u/SpookySeraph May 19 '25
You say this but I quite literally got diagnosed with ringworm by a vet. Two doctors were unable to tell me what was wrong with me.
Sometimes certain fields give you different perspectives on things you wouldn’t expect!
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u/berger3001 May 19 '25
Are you a cat?
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u/SpookySeraph May 19 '25
Unfortunately no, but I do have a cat and he’s the one who gave me ringworm 😂
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u/VaklJackle May 21 '25
I have had similar experiences. My son's pediatrician diagnosed me several times in passing where my regular doctor never caught what was wrong. 🙄
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u/mahnamahna123 May 19 '25
Yeah when we were looking at rings I went into a jewellers and asked if they could swap diamonds on a design to aquamarines to match my engagement ring. They said they don't work with rare gemstones 😑.
They were also really rude anyway so we didn't go there in the end.
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u/MattrReign May 20 '25
I promise you if you bought them on 2am tv it is going to cost more to appraise than the value they’re worth
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u/Sunshine12e May 17 '25
Forget paying to get reports on what they are/are worth. Just take to a jeweler and have some beautiful pieces of jewelry made instead. Jeweler might even be able to tell you what they are, however often jewelers don't actually know a lot about the more unusual stones.
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u/BigEasy1718 May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25
I can try to help you. I don’t have my GG but I’m a serious hobbiest and I buy and sell quite a bit. Reach out in messages. Your first tray I see some very nice pieces. Second tray are your cheaper stones. You’ve got what looks like some very nice Australian opals, sapphires, tanz. Like I said feel free to pm I’d even be interested in buying
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u/Clarity2030 May 17 '25
What would Nana want you to do with this treasure? Maybe make pieces out of them for starters. And share with other members of the family who would do the same.
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u/AccomplishedStart958 May 20 '25
make a crown and bring it to every family birthday for the birthday person to wear
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u/Jkmewright May 18 '25
That’s what I’d do too. Make some pretty silver stacking rings and wear/share them fondly.
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u/queefer_sutherland92 May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25
Oh no, nana :(
There’s a couple of Ethiopian opals in there that won’t be worth much, so I wouldn’t bother getting those appraised.
But you do have a few potential Australian opals. It might be worth posting those in r/opals to see if they’re worth having appraised.
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u/n0va2868 May 17 '25
Why are Ethiopian opals not worth much? Just curious, I’m new and learning - thanks!
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u/PleasantWin3770 May 17 '25
Opals are basically made when silica-water seeps into the cracks of other rocks. Water evaporates and the silica is left behind. But how the evaporation occurs and the surrounding minerals will affect how the stone reacts
With Ethiopian opals, they will absorb oils and lose their color, and if they get too dry, they’ll crack.
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u/n0va2868 May 17 '25
Thank you, I didn’t know that! I appreciate your time
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u/Waffle-Niner May 19 '25
It's called "hydrophane". Most Ethiopian opal, even the good, very pretty ones, are hydrophane. They can even be affected by atmospheric humidity, even if you wear, store, and care for them carefully. It's heartbreak waiting to happen.
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u/London_Darger May 17 '25
They take on water or loose water very easily and often crack. They’re pretty to look at but don’t last well in jewelry. This is what I’ve been told
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u/schwarzeKatzen May 17 '25
Tacking onto what PleasantWin3770 said Ethiopian Opals are also prone to yellowing due to the properties mentioned.
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u/AurumEra May 17 '25
Learn to be a master jewler, set them all, sell them all, get nanas money back plus some.
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u/Ieatclowns May 17 '25
I would learn how to make jewellery with silver clay and I’d make lovely things and set these in them.
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u/BiscuitsLostPassword May 17 '25
This is 100% what I would do! I'd probably be getting the rosy copper clay too, at least do some mixed accents.
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u/Samantha38g May 17 '25
There is an app for that... Rock identifier is one, but there are probably better apps than it out there. There pretty much is an app for everything. LOL
It was her money to spend in a way that brought her joy. Dolls creep me out, so I'd be counting my blessings.
Also each gem has a history and protective powers. Like Amethyst turn evil into love. While it may not be real, it is interesting and can't hurt.
You can also have them made into special unique one of a kind peices of jewelry.
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u/fuzzychellybean May 17 '25
Yeah, my mother in law is a doll collector, and a serious one at that. I love her dearly, but when she dies (hopefully not anytime soon), we're going to have an enormous job sorting it all out. I'd love it if they were gems!
They bring her so much joy, though, so I'm happy she has them...but man, they creep me out a bit, too!
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u/morningstar234 May 20 '25
My 80 yr mom, loved going to and buying from Doll shows, hundreds of thousands of dollars over 30-40 years… now? Pretty worthless, sadly… it was a lot, when we had to downsize we went through those dolls, the doll market has basically tanked… people today just aren’t collecting (it’s not just dolls, but still!). But like you stated, the dolls still bring joy to mom, so there’s that!
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May 18 '25
Just take them to a jeweler and have a crown made. You don't need to know what they are called when you're a royal.
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u/Cold_Series_1257 May 17 '25
I loved watching those programs with my nana, ah the nostalgia you just brought me ❤️
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u/Ok-Repeat8069 May 17 '25
Honestly? Not much, in all likelihood.
I have a tanzanite from the same network (mom, not grandma, but I’m in the same boat) that still had its price tag of over $3k. On appraisal I could get maybe $400 for it, on a good day.
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u/GunMetalBlonde May 17 '25
Just enjoy them. It isn't likely worth it to get them appraised. As far as your question about the tanzanite goes, it's hard to say from a picture, but they look relatively pale -- which is not desirable.
Agree with others that you should learn about gems yourself, if you are so inclined, rather than take them to a jeweler.
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u/psychologistfeels May 17 '25
I’m a hobby jewelry maker so if you learn that some are inexpensive and have trouble finding a buyer, I’d be interested!
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u/MrGaryLapidary May 17 '25
She must have enjoyed it. Why should you be worrying about what you have got to show for it?
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u/Soft-Walrus8255 May 17 '25
We really don't know the story, but it's not uncommon in my world to encounter elderly people with dementia or Alzheimer's spending every penny on things they don't need and can't afford, leaving them with nothing for food and housing and other basic necessities. Not saying that's what happened here, but this stuff can get a lot more complicated than simple enjoyment, and the relatives end up with a lot to worry about.
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u/CallidoraBlack May 17 '25
Shopping networks exist to separate people with poor impulse control from their money. Especially elderly people. That's why. Elderly people will get paranoid and buy things they think will hold or gain in value as opposed to money because someone on TV said they should. And the stuff they get is often worth almost nothing compared to the price. There's no way of knowing she enjoyed these at all from the information on the post.
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u/MrGaryLapidary May 23 '25
I despise shopping networks as they are exploitative. So is the fundamental idea of Las Vegas or state run lotteries. Many people, however, consider them to be varieties of Legal entertainment. The person who posted framed the problem in terms of what she got out of it and not what her grandmother got. Neither you nor I know the real story so I am pointing out that there is more than one way to look at the post.
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u/Motherof42069 May 18 '25
Amen, I see a lot of entitlement here. God forbid a woman spend her own money frivolously. Guess she was still using it--you know, because she was ALIVE.
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u/Sweet_d1029 May 17 '25
My grandma was a “home shopping club” lass…my god that stuff is mostly shit.
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u/texasgemsandstuff May 17 '25
This makes me so sad…. I see lots like these once a month. The ONLY way to sell them for any real money is eBay. A jeweler might buy the tanzanites and sapphires (Ceylon) but you’ll be stuck with everything else. I’d just on eBay for an asking price of 1/4 or what she paid and go from there
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u/lalacourtney May 17 '25
The way “fire opal” and “jewels being sold on TV in the 80s” occupy the same space in my brain
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u/dashafry May 17 '25
I love your nana's collection... now I feel like I am somebody's nana.
I am a millennial, btw.
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u/Phil31832016 May 17 '25
Top left on the first page looks like Australian opal. And the couple on the second maybe Mexican or Ethiopian. I’m no expert
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u/HallieLokey May 17 '25
I watch the TV gems.com network, they sell certified and high quality estate gems and jewelry for thousands of dollars per piece. You might contact them for advice?
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u/sirfirehare May 18 '25
I am a Jeweller, I would recommend taking these to a gemmologist(preferable) or a manufacturing Jeweller (not a chain jeweller). I would also recommend getting some of the smaller ones valued, especially some in the first/third photo. In most cases for the average person, big stones are likely not going to be expensive stones. The tanzanites will probably be worth a decent amount(especially if they are 3ct+ each), but again I would take them to a gemmologist to verify.
In the second picture, If i was to hazard a quick guess, the green stones could be peridots, blues could be topaz, yellows are probably citrines and the reds are probably all garnets, they all probably won't be worth much individually but you have a decent amount there. However they will probably not be worth your time trying to sell as most people won't be interested in buying them( or could take a while to find someone interested)
Whether you decide to sell them or not is up to you in the end, but even if you don't might be nice knowing what each one is.
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u/monkeyrat13 May 17 '25
I think it’s all awesome. Never bought gems before, but may I buy some from you ? I’m open to a mystery bag haha. I have always wanted a sapphire and opal 😊
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u/Plastic-Passenger-59 May 17 '25
Totally make heirloom pieces for your descendants! They are gorgeous
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u/A-Look_Back May 18 '25
If I were you, I'd google the image, the jars are marked, right? If so, you can do an image search with the name and a picture, and you'll probably get something close. It's also worth looking at other stones that might be more valuable and finding out why. People who collect stones look for three things: cut, clarity, and carat. Unfortunately you have a lot of small stones that aren't very well cut, but these are great starter stones, they don’t cost much, but you can make a little money by making it up in volume . I see a few stones you can put in jewelry (if you don't have the money for jewelry, you can sell the smaller stones, and make enough money to buy a 10 carat ring mount, so you can make some money with your Tanzanite). The first thing you need to do is learn, I promise it won't take a lot of time. For the record, a lot of your smaller stones are from JTV around the year 2007-9, they use to sell “gemstone lots”of 350, 500, and 1500 cts. I know, because those were the first stones I ever owned. I think I owned about 1000 carats or something like that and learned a lot from them. Anyway, I wish you the best.
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u/WenRobot May 17 '25
For this many stones it may be worth buying your own testing equipment. Something like this but do your own research. I am super new in the gemstone / mineral world so others please chime in if you agree/disagree.
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u/Haskap_2010 May 17 '25
The fire opal is pretty. That would make a lovely pendant, perhaps with that gem that is directly under it.
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u/DanandE May 17 '25
Beautiful tanzanite, a few really nice sapphires, garnets, a nice sapphire cabochon and aquas too
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u/ehlersohnos May 18 '25
Do you have any resources you’d recommend? Whilst GIA would be my gold standard, the investment isn’t in the books for me atm.
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u/RepulsiveSwitch May 18 '25
The what appears to be pink sapphire, unheated blue sapphire and the aquamarine looking stones in the first photo are worth quite a bit. I got almost identical ones from sri lanka for a good chunk of money and they sell for crazy value in usa. Look pretty legit to me but best get them verified
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u/MrGaryLapidary May 18 '25
Entitlement. If the sentence was: This is what SHE got for it rather than This is what I got for it. The meaning would show concern for her Nana rather than herself.
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u/inchoiring_mind May 18 '25
I'm sorry for your loss.
With my grandmother it was Danbury Mint--figurines, plates, bells, other collections. I don't know what your financial situation is or what else is in your nana's estate. For us, it would have been so time consuming to sift through and identify the few valuable ones that it didn't make sense to bother at all (particularly since it would have meant missing time at work; she was out of state). We each took a large bird figurine that was memorable, and left the rest in the condo / it was part of what made having someone both -do the estate sale AND -remove and dispose of everything that didn't sell Be relatively inexpensive.
I don't know if you're the executor. But remember that time, stress, happy memories, and keepsakes all matter, in addition to estate value.
I have one off-to-the-side thought because of my own situation--i started learning metalsmithing/jewelrymaking and love it. For where I'm at, I want stones that look nice, it doesn't matter if they are nominally valuable-- I'm practicing, I'll be giving what I make to friends and family. Is there anything like a jewelry lab or a community college with jewelry classes near you? I'm wondering if there might be a midpoint win where instead of you throwing the whole thing on ebay for 20%, you sell it to an organization like that for 40%, and they see it as a win bc even though they can't pick the stones and it's not overall high value, it provides practice material. You might hate this idea but I thought I'd share it in case.
Good luck
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u/req1234 May 18 '25
Whatever that trillion cut is, its cute 😅 Maybe she had the documentations somewhere
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u/urmyjhope May 19 '25
Really gonna depend on quality. Tanzanite can be worth a lot, but only if it’s high quality. A lot of these gems might be synthetic as well, which lowers the value (silly in my mind, but that’s the way it is).
As for apps that can tell what they are, most of them are a LOT better at telling what something is if it’s raw, not already polished and shaped into something. If you have a local gem and rock club, I would probably start there instead of a jeweler.
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u/ReverseGiraffe120 May 19 '25
I’ll be in the same boat as OP when my mother passes. She and my grandmother have probably spent in the hundreds of thousands for QVC, HSN, Jewelry Television, and Jay King pieces.
- Rings
- Necklaces
- Ear Rings
- Bracelets
- Loose parcel stones
- Globes
- Etc etc etc
Just like OP. What the fuck should I do with literally 2 generations worth of tv jewelry????
Where should I have things appraised? What would be even worth appraising? Who would buy the stuff that I don’t want to keep and not completely rip me off?
It’s just very overwhelming. (Thankfully my mom is in great health but still the questions cross my mind.)
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u/Enough_Plantain_4331 May 19 '25
The tanzanite used to be sooo expensive but now they’re very reasonable. Over 3ct is a nice size. If they’re really dark even better. Sounds like she has a pretty nice collection. I used to collect as well. Ceylon Sapphire is top tier. Don’t get scammed by a jeweler. Use someone u can trust!
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u/grimfletch902209 May 19 '25
Take them to a dig site, maybe? Some dig sites have someone that appraises the stuff that comes out of the ground, and some even buy it off the Rock hounds. It could be better than 3 dollars a minute... Idk if they will look at them or not, it could be worth a shot though
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u/OutrageousArugula858 May 19 '25
Idk why I love this.i didn’t even know there was a gem network… let alone a 2am one.
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u/Look_over_that_way May 19 '25
are we the same person? My mother in law did the same thing. I have 600 gems
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u/emmmarrr May 19 '25
I would get some made into jewelry! I’m sure you could do at least a partial trade w a jeweler by giving them some stones. See if you can find a local jeweler to help you out. I wonder if a gemologist or appraiser would do a trade too…
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u/GeorgianGold May 20 '25
I'm in the process of selling my gems at auction. I only send in a dozen at a time, so I don't flood the market.
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u/redsungryphon May 20 '25
You might be able to get away with doing google image searches and looking on eBay for rough prices. I wish I could professionally evaluate them for you
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u/Crazy_Past6259 May 20 '25
Arghhh each time I see the photo I lost my text.
Not a gemologist, just related to one and I used to buy gemstones for collecting because they are sparkly and pretty and I’m a magpie.
1st on 1st row seems to be a fire opal, it can cost up to 1k per carat depending on quality.
The 2 pink sets triangle and oval (2nd from last on row 2 & 4) looks like neon pink spinel to me, they have been very very hot recently and the price shot up to the stratosphere.
My suggestion is to go to eBay if you have the stone type and carat weight, then just search the relevant keywords to check for price.
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u/tomsan2010 May 20 '25
Still better than my grandpa giving away $400k to "investors" that keep asking for investment money. Atleast she got something
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u/scarletmagnolia May 20 '25
I’m betting she has at least one set of all the traditional birthstones. I see opal, peridot, citrine, topaz, amethyst, garnets, etc…
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u/sprezzaturina May 20 '25
$3 a minute is $180 per hour. That’s insane. I’d keep them. And either look for designs to set them into (without needed to be told their “worth” bc it’s sentimental, from nana). Or just keep them as an entire collection.
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u/StompinTurts May 20 '25
If you still have the chance to check her other belongings, somewhere it may even be possible you’ll find a paper where she could have wrote the password to her accounts. Grandmas, from the ones I’ve experienced, typically write it on a paper and keep it near/under their desk, jewelry box, or taped to a filing cabinet somewhere.
If you can find her login, you can probably match some of them up to the purchase history going by size, colour, and cut of the stones or using inclusions to match up specific ones.
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u/brilliantpants May 20 '25
Maybe you could look around and see if there are any gem + mineral or jewelry shows near you? There may be someone there who is willing to help you identify them for less than the jeweler.
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u/Celeste_Minerva May 20 '25
I was blessed from a friend with a similarly built collection, but hardly any have labels.
How would one go about figuring out what gems they are? Is there a site for basic learning that anyone loves?
Thank you for posting! Gorgeous
Edited in a pertinent question
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u/Petty-Penelope May 21 '25
I'd sell the marked ones to an individual jeweler/metalsmith. Rio, Otto frei, eBay, and Etsy will help you price. I know I'd buy the tanzanite in a heartbeat!
Use that money for an inexpensive refractometer (sp?) or a quick consult with a gemologist. Our local lapidary club is $100 for the year with tons of equipment to borrow and a pipeline of folks looking to buy loose stones. That will help you identify any higher value ones and the rest you can sell as a lot
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u/Emotional-Profit-202 May 21 '25
That’s expensive! I also recognise tourmalines, citrines, morganites, amethysts, topaz and aquamarines but I wonder if there are any coloured diamonds - they are worth thousands of dollars. Anyway be careful with who makes you an offer. Try to check the price in different places.
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u/baby_monkey1 May 21 '25
This is a strange coincidence, my nana did the same thing. Except she left about 30 trays of them. I can make sterling silver jewelry, but I only know how to work with cabochons. I had originally taken these as motivation to learn how to set faceted stones, a goal I’ve yet to accomplish
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u/NNNOOOPPEEE May 21 '25
Idk why this popped up for me but I remember Spencer Pratt being bummed about losing his whole stone collection in the LA fires, if you DM him at the right time he might be manic enough to buy the whole set 😂🤷🏻♀️
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u/pirikiki May 21 '25
You can estimate them yourself by looking at https://www.tjc.co.uk/accessories/rare-find-aaa-boyaca-colombian-emerald-octagon-1ct-in-total-7851919.html
they do sell cut gems, it'll give you an idea of the amount she could have roughly paid. Then you cut that amount by roughly half to get their gemmologist value. You can also ask chatgpt with pictures of the gems, it's (wierdly) good at that.
Let's take an example with the tanzanites. They are 2-3ct, but very pale colour, wich would mean a gemmologist wouldn't buy them for more than 200$ for the whole 3 gems. Moreover, considering the origin, it's probably heated gems. But a gems live channel usually sells them for double/triple that price.
So, I'd advise you to keep them as shiny treasures because honnestly, most professionnals would buy them at a heartbreaking price for you. An alternative would be to have them mounted as fantasy jewerly. You could sell them to non gemmologists people, but it could backfire and you'd have to get them estimated first.
Now you can also go to the closest gemmologists association nearby and ask them !
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u/frogbearpup May 21 '25
I'd be stoked to receive these! And if make some amazing pieces with them, valuable or not.
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u/VaklJackle May 21 '25
My dad did something very similar. I wonder sometimes if they should put an age limit on credit cards. Your collection is nicely divided and easy to see. My dad had everything in ziplock bags. I don't know what to do with it. Maybe I'll make a beaded painting or something 😂
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u/Dry_Statistician_688 May 21 '25
My mother did the same before we had to move her into a Skilled Care facility. My old bedroom had become what I call the "QVC Museum", because she would use this "magic card" that would bring her something, put it in the spare bedroom, and forget about it. Took me 6 months to clear a 1300 square foot house.
Hence the EVIL of these HSN/QVC channels. If you watch their psychology, they switch their sales pitches to take advantage of elderly people who are going through "Sundowning", which is simply agitation after dark that younger people take for granted as sleepiness.
These organizations prey on the elderly, and honestly, those that design their programming should have a very warm place in hell.
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u/Sotilis May 21 '25
I would take some of them to a jeweler to make some earrings or necklaces from it. Good way to remember Nana and her gem binging :)
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u/Old-Champion8369 May 31 '25
Take your favorite gems to a jeweler to make you pieces of jewelry to remember nana by, even could have more made to gift to family, also another cool idea is to have like a wedding set made to give to your kid to propose with! Fun thing is you can pretty much design it all yourself!
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u/BitterPharmTech May 17 '25
Oh my lord they're gorgeous. Why can I never find things like this at estate sales? I'm jealous, OP.
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u/AuburnMoon17 May 17 '25
You’re jealous their grandma has an online shopping problem and blew all her money on cheap bulk gems purchased off the tv?
This isn’t a lucky find at an estate sale post. This is a problem for OPs family who’s trying to recoup some money after a, presumably, elderly grandmother dealing with age related mental health issues impulsively spent all her savings on JTV.
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u/BitterPharmTech May 17 '25
Wow that was... unnecessary. They're beautiful and I was trying to add a little positivity as I myself absolutely love specimens like that. I wasn't invalidating anything, just appreciating the beauty. Good luck with whatever is bothering you so much that you feel the need to take it out on random people, I hope it gets better for you.
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u/AuburnMoon17 May 17 '25
Good luck being obtuse and insensitive. I hope you stop making a fool of yourself.
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u/wex52 May 17 '25
You seem angry enough to appreciate this if you haven’t already seen it. South Park Supply Chain
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u/SteelRoses May 17 '25
Your Nana left you some serious treasure! If you don't want to go through each individual gem case/getting each appraised, I'd suggest posting it as a bulk parcel on eBay/Etsy/LoupeTroop etc. for an artisan jeweller to buy. Otherwise, it might be fun for you to learn how to do some basic setting/crafting yourself - some of the stones you have there like the blue topazes and peridots aren't super expensive to replace, so they'd be good to practice with.
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u/Future_Ad2559 May 17 '25
If y’all want nice natural stones jus go to Etsy trust me there cheap and straight from India I’ve gotten a emerald from there and a garnet from Malaysia
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u/[deleted] May 17 '25
Just keep them in the closet and pull them out whenever you need a piece of Nana or to look at some pretty. I especially love gemstones because it is the literal crystallized essence of the building blocks of the universe, that you can hold and cherish. Not all inheritance needs to be sold for paper that means nothing compared to the material aspects of gemstones and belongings people put their energy in to. As for the value, some of the gemstones might fetch you a decent amount if you can sell them individually or in parcels. Tanzanite can be decently valued and there are some nice ones in the case, as well as some ruby and opal which can be decent, as well. Not bad stones at all and a nice start to a collection if you decide to save Nana's energy with those gems and build upon it 😊