Originally Posted by
Tark
found a couple of figures that could help:
1 carat weighs about .20 grams
1 pound = 453 grams, therefore there are approximately
2268 carats per pound.
The average value given by De Beers for Botswana diamonds is a minimum
of $80 a carat.
so 2268 X 80$ = 181,440$/pound
So all we need now is to find something that cost more then 181,440$/pound
the minimum retail figure for alexandrite in 2004 was $100 a carat ... sooo there ya go more expensive than diamonds
and for my source:
http://www.gemsociety.org/info/priceg.htm
Last edited by shirley; Aug 21, 2009 at 11:37 AM.