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Tourmalines wholesale to the trade today for approx. $10 for a 1 cwt stone of very low grade quality to approx. $400 a one carat example of extra fine quality green. Blue green would be approx. $500 for very fine, 1cwt) . The price goes up to $1,000 or more per cwt. for extra fine larger examples. The retail price will be several times that, depending on the retailers markup. My price is always much lower than the retail replacement figure used by brick and mortar stores: I bought my gems directly from the source, not through various middlemen. Huge difference,