Chapter 537: Betting on Stones (1/2)
Chapter 537: Betting on Stones
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Raising the opal high, the h he were a movie star He looked at the crowd proudly as he declared, ”Hey, look at this precious geaze swept around, he could not help laying his eyes on Sophie
With a snigger, he said, ”Hey babe, co valuable to show you You're sure to like it”
While Sophie fumed, Li Du answered dis in your hand? It's just a muddy stone”
”You can be jealous all you want,” the gely ”The more you say, the more jealous you are A ehed Someone teased, ”Lad, you must not know the value Coelanced around ”Who wants to own this? This is the real deal—a real deal that I just found Name your price if you want it—how about 5,000 dollars!?”
So bid ”Sht, this thing is worth 5,000 dollars?”
An opal was a very valuable gerade black opal froht—the rarest ones could go for 5,000 US dollars per carat
However, that was for the purest type of fine opal The prices for regular opals was much lower; even the fire opal orth much less than the black opal The one in Cyril's hand was just an ordinary one, but as it was a significant size, it was still worth quite a bit
In the croas so when he saw one; he said, ”Okay, 5,000 dollars, sell it to ht,” he shouted, ”5,000 dollars, 5,000 dollars, 5,000 dollars Soe 5,500 dollars?!”
Someone else threw in a bid ”I offer 5,500 dollars”
Li Du frowned ”What's theof this? An instant auction?”
Someone as familiar with this trade said, ”The fire opal is rare These hunters le one for one whole month Each time they find one, they will auction it off”
”Do tourists carry that muchare not tourists, they are fire opal collectors or gem traders,” thefor hunters who have found precious stones”
During their conversation, the price of the opal continued to increase and reached 8,000 dollars
Li Du said thoughtfully, ”Ge”
It would probably not be a proble opal to fetch 10,000 dollars If that was the case, then the geood—at least better than that of regular storage auction treasure hunters
In fact, gem hunters could be considered a type of treasure hunter Li Du had previously known very little about the industry and had no idea hoide the treasure hunting scope was
Hearing Li Du, the person next to him shook his head ”It's not as easy as you think There are not enough opals This is not Australia—soe was very concentrated—95 percent of them came from Australia, with black opals and milk opals the most popular The other 5 percent came from the central part of North America, with fire opals as the ht about it for a while and then released the little bug to fly about the rocks nearby to look for this precious gem
Unfortunately, as the opal was a natural stone, it probably also contained tiy But as it was not made with effort, it did not hold any attraction for the little bug and so it did not take the initiative to carry out the search
He was lucky; after the little bug had flown about for a while, he saw a siey-red stone under a pile of rocks
After looking at the stone from all directions, he was quite sure it was a fire opal However, based on the appearance, it did not look as good as the one Cyril held