There seems to be people that will buy stones for any price asked today... Almost a mania to horde them. I like to try different stones myself, but I've tried enough that I don't believe that the "magic" stone is out there anymore. I believe that I own, as good as it gets, in each category.
Some buy patterns, and that's OK, but in my book, "beauty is as beauty does..." and I do not feel the need to horde just to post pictures fo all to "oooooh and aaaaah..."