Aussie gem competition 1

[Fullerton]

Thought it was time to give a bit back to the forum ... and have some fun.

I'm giving away these four Aussie gems to the member who guesses closest to the combined weight of the stones to the nearest 0.01 of a carat ... I'm using scales bought from Aussie Sapphire so I know they'll be spot on!

The gems are (from left to right) garnet, amethyst, prehnite and smoky quartz.

Entry is limited to one per member.  If two guesses are equally close, then the person who submitted their entry first wins.  

To give you a starting point on possible weight of the stones, the garnet is 5mm.      

Entries close at 7:00pm Friday 26th August 2011 after which I'll advise the weight and winner.  The link to the gems and competition is http://aussiesapphire.com.au/forum/index.php?action=media;sa=item;in=2391


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[Aussie Sapphire]

We did something similar a while back - it was a lot of fun.

I will consider my guess first so over to others to have a go.  Got to be in it to win it 

cheers
Leah

[mehoose]

LOL, it's a 2 place guess, couple in the gallery already 

[Lawrence]

Stone #1 - 0.48ct
Stone #2 - 0.75ct
Stone #3 - 1.03ct
Stone #4 - 1.25ct

TCW - 3.51ct

Looking forward to finding out how close I am.

If it turns out I win, please give the gems to the runner up.

[drft_er]

Great idea Fullerton very generous.
Hmm  total weight 6.53 ct.

 

[scratchie]

Always ready for a little diversion in the daily grind
My estimate, total weight 5.97 carats
John

[pete]

Not often I have a punt but here goes

For a double quinella at the Friday trots
4.68ct

[Hunter V]

Hello,
Ummm new the the world of rocks so NO IDEA! But worth having a punt for the fun of it. I'll throw my hat in at 7.87

[Grumpy Santa]

Nice looking stones. Worthy of gracing anyones gem collection.

My totally uneducated guess would be 15.3ct.

I'm a lot better at digging holes than picking weights.

Great idea getting the members to excersize their brains instead of their brawn.

[Fullerton]

Two days to go .... 23 guesses so far.  I've transferred all guesses to the media image section at http://aussiesapphire.com.au/forum/index.php?action=media;sa=item;in=2391;start=20.

Have a guess on the combined weight of these stones if you haven't already ... no one has guessed the exact weight yet!

[TigerEye]

My seriously uneducated guess is 4.00ct!!

[moonshadow_dancer]

Looking forwrd to the big announcement, Good Luck everyones!!

[Fullerton]

The official scales are out ready ........

A couple of hours to go, so there's still time for new entries.

[waxman]

I'll have a go at 6.2 cts 

[Bluey Zarzoff]

Going to be interesting to see who and how many are online at 7pm. 

BTW. Just checked my stats. I have now been logged in for 196 hours and 23 minutes on this forum. 

I'd hate to think of how many hours some of the more regular forumer's ( honest, it is a real word - - - - - now) have logged, like Miss M.