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How Color Affects the Value of Aventurine

The most valuable aventurine is a bright green with sparkly flakey green inclusions visible from within the stone.  A large, expertly carved and perfectly polished piece will also be worth more.

Very Weak Color: These green aventurine beads are very weakly colored and therefore should not be very valubale (under $20 per strand)	Pale Color: This is the most common and well known color of aventurine.  This is a nice color -many prefer it to richer shades- but it is not rare or expensive	Good Color:  This aventurine is the richer, rarer green.  You can see the filaments of mica inside the stone that affect its color.	Rich Color:  This is the richest color of green aventurine.  Aventurines with this color are collector's items.

 

How CARVING affects the value of Aventurine
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