$42,000 worth of emeralds

Emeralds we found

Today we went gem mining, just for fun. I'm a bit of a rock hound, so we thought it would be neat to find some local stones to send home as soviniers. Well, we ended up doing a bit (a lot) better than we expected - if we were to cut and polish and sell all the stones we found, we could make about $70,000 to $80,000. Of course that would be a big hassle, and they are only worth as much as someone will pay for them, but we'll probably get a few of our favorites polished up. It's $60 a Caret to get them cut, and then they're worth around $300 a Caret - not a bad net profit! We found emeralds, sapphires, and rubies. The emeralds in Scribe's hand above are worth about $42,000 when finished!