Stone gambling is like this, as soon as one store's stones reveal jadeite, a crowd will swarm, and the prices of that store's stones can ride the wave higher.
Now, good quality raw material is becoming scarcer, and merchants with good roughs naturally drive up the prices. Compared to Pingzhou's roughs, Ruili's stone gambling prices are not considered expensive.
Of course, it's not to say that expensive roughs will definitely yield high-quality jade. In the stone gambling business, although there are many theories, often there's a large gap between theory and practice.
Theory is merely general rules, but roughs are unpredictable. Many pieces that appear promising on the surface end up cut into stones with white spots or flaws. Some unimpressive pieces with no indications often hide high-quality jade.
In the stone gambling world, there's a saying that's widely used: "Better no book than believing in a book wholeheartedly."
