Many people mistakenly believe that the precious stones’ costs limit stops at diamonds, but naturally, there are other, as beautiful, but rarer minerals, which price often exceeds the cost of diamonds. Sometimes, even significantly. If you are searching for a perfect ring to ask you, beloved, to get married to you, chose a ring with gems from our list and be sure, that she will definitely say “Yes.” Maybe even several times.
When we think of precious stones, diamonds, emeralds, and rubies jump to mind as the most valuable gemstones in the world. However (or perhaps surprisingly), there are so many gemstones that are even rarer and, in turn, even more valuable.
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The Most Expensive Precious Stones
Taaffeite:
Taaffeite is one of the rarest gems in the world, named after its discoverer Count Eduard Taaffe, who in 1945 has accidentally discovered in the acquired party of faceted gems an unusual sample that he had never previously met.
The range of Taaffeite shades can vary from lavender to pale pink. Nowadays, the original mineral can be found only in small numbers of placer deposits in Sri Lanka and southern Tanzania. The high-quality Taaffeite copies traditionally cost from 2 to 5 thousand dollars per carat.
Poudretteite :
Poudretteite is a rare pink mineral that was firstly discovered in 1987 in Quebec (Canada). Stone is named in honor of the Poudrette family, which still owns the same mine in the Saint-Hillaire Mountain, where the first sample was found.
Surprisingly, quality gems started appearing on the open market only in 2000 after a few stones were found in northern Mogok (Myanmar).
Since 2005, the mine in Mogok seems to be empty as no stones were found there anymore. Moreover, the Canadian quarry gave the world about 300 stones of various quality. Depending on the color saturation and stones purity, poudretteite prices can range from 3 to 5 thousand dollars.
Musgravite:
Musgravite is similar to Taaffeite in its appearance and chemical composition. It was first discovered in 1967 in Musgrave Ranges, Australia. Later, minerals were found in Greenland, Tanzania, Madagascar and even in the depths of Antarctica’s cold lands.
Because historically a very small amount of these gems was found, the prices of green and blue faceted minerals reach the expected sizes equal to 2-3 thousand dollars per carat, while the purple faceted mineral will cost about 6 thousand dollars per carat.
Sapphire:
Sapphire is one of the most famous gems in the jewelry industry and mineralogy is called corundum. It has a deep blue color, less often pink, green and yellow-orange. The most famous mines of these minerals are located in India, Russia, Vietnam, Thailand, the United States, Australia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, China, and Madagascar. Although many of these amazing stones are highly valuable, there is one that is appreciated the most due to its amazing color.
Padparadscha (translated from the Tamil means “the color of sunrise”) – a pinkish-orange sapphires, which are historically extracted in Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Madagascar. Now it is almost impossible to find padparadscha in its natural form, thus it is usually been artificially created by heating the corundum mineral in the oven to the desired condition.
Last classical (meaning not heated) padparadscha mineral weighing 1.65 carats was sold in Sri Lanka about 20 years ago for the price of 18 thousand dollars. Nowadays, padparadscha is weighing more than five carats considered to be collectible and can be assessed up to 30 thousand dollars per carat.
The most rare and quality sapphire specimens in the world market can be purchased for around 4-6 thousand dollars per carat.
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Emerald:
Emerald is a super bright green or dark green gem. In recent years, Colombia has the title of the main producer of these minerals.
Despite the large number of actively mined emeralds in the world, their prices are still truly cosmic. Today, clean stones are extremely rare that together with the huge popularity defines their high cost. Green gems of exceptional quality are being sold for more than US $ 8,000 per carat in the world market.
Alexandrite:
Alexandrite is the precious stone that is famous for its ability to change color. In the daylight, it is characterized by the blue-green, dark blue-green and olive-green tints, while under the artificial light it can be of pink and crimson, red, purple or purple-red colors.
The first alexandrite was discovered in 1833 on the emerald mine near Yekaterinburg. The cost of this gem, depending on its quality can vary from 10 to 15 thousand US dollars.
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