From:	Ulrich Haupt sandman@****.uni-oldenburg.de
Subject:	Gems
Date:	Tue, 07 Sep 1999 18:15:44 +0200

dghost@****.com wrote:
<snippi>

> My suggestion would be to plan ahead what you plan for them to find and
> call a jeweller about it. It's probably not going to be a straight scale
> since a diamond ten times larger than another diamond is going to be more
> than ten times rarer.
I think it's some kind of exponential function with unknown
parameters ...



> If you have extra money around that you don't want to send to me, and
> still want a simplified scale, pick up Rolemaster's Treasure Companion.
> It has a price (in gold pieces :P) per carat of various gems. Just pick
> a gem, a number of carats (something small, like 1-5) to be your basis,
> and call a jeweler to get a price range on it. Then you have a standard
> for conversion and can use a dozen or so pages of an $18 book. :)

Hey - that's a good hint. I think I have a friend who has
played Rulemaster. I will ask him.

What I had in mind was some kind of stock exchange list but
jewlery seems to be a very individual thing.

Thanks anyway

Sandman