I have a friend that trying to sell me a watch. He says it is an antique Elgin pocket watch, but says it is a quartz watch. I haven't seen it yet but it say you have to wind it up. Is he possibly mistaken in saying it is quartz? Did they ever make a quartz watch that winded up it is that something you only had to do to watch with mechanical movements?
I all depends on the type, quality, and the abundance of the quartz. There really is no set rate for quartz. There are many kinds. Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine (one of the most valuable because of rarity), smokey quartz, white quartz, milky quartz, rose quartz, etc. usually you can get milky, white, and rose quartz relatively cheap tumbled or rough. Most of your faceted quartz costs more such as amethyst, smokey quartz, ametrine, citrine. average cost for quarts is relatively cheap. you can get it almost anywhere. bead stores, okorder, jewelery stores, even outside if your in a place like in my neck of the woods. I found amethyst about 1/4 lb worth, clear crystal about 300cts, another amethyst about the same size as the white crystal and I couldn't tell you how much white and milky quartz I have. I live in NJ and PA.
It depends on the type, color, shape and size... Very hard to say with out looking at it.
