Wish list. If one of your vendors offer any of the following for under $500.00 in BST, I may renew my interest in a big way.
1: Translucent or transparent rhodochrosite mineral sample.
2: Cat's eye Alexandrite. Strong color change.
3: Mandarin orange spessartite garnet.
4: Paraiba tourmaline.
5: Trilobite fossil (not a casting) with intact eye stalks.
6: Unheated & untreated padparadscha star sapphire.
7: Amber (not copal) with an insect inclusion. Insect must be the size of a honeybee or larger.
8: Lightning ridge black opal displaying all the colors of the rainbow. Blues and greens should be balanced by reds.
9: Russian demantoid garnet with horsetail inclusions.
10: Color change garnet.