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Price: With the exception of the small pieces in the lower right photo (typically $5 to $15 each), most specimens are priced in the $40 to $150 range. Larger specimens (not shown) are costly and are a few hundred dollars. The malachite ashtray (lower left photo) sold for $120.
Which leads us to the question of price and profit. The almonds in the photo above are organic, and sold in bulk at my local HEB supermarket for $11.99 per pound; this one-ounce serving set me back about 66 cents. I could have bought nonorganic California almonds for $6.49 per pound, about 39 cents per ounce.