Prices vary from pennies to hundreds of pounds (cents to dollers), for the more rare specimens. Stones like Rose Quartz and Amethyst are very pretty, quite common and so quite cheap.
They also come as rough stones or tumbled. The tumbled ones are the shiny, smooth ones that show their colours more.
If it's for a collector, it's probably best to find out what they don't have and then try ebay, as this should be the cheaper option. The chances are that they will already have the more common stones, but you can never have too many. :) [ isis's advice column | Ask isis A Question ]
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