TOP 10 most expensive gems in the world

What can amaze and delight a person in inanimate nature more than gems? With rare and beautiful gemstones, people become more magnificent and wiser. It remains only to figure out which stone is the most expensive in the world.

Emerald

The most expensive of the gemstones is emerald. The price of an ideal emerald reaches 800 dollars / carat. Pure stones of grassy or dark green color are very rare in nature. These are the ones that cost the most. The Bahia Nugget is the largest emerald. Its weight is 1.9 million carats. To such weight and the corresponding price - 400 million dollars.

Bixbit

Bixbit is a very rare red beryl. It is mined only in the United States in New Mexico and in Utah. There are few such stones. The weight of the largest of them reaches a little more than 3 carats. The cost of 1 carat of bixbit is 10 000 - 12 000 dollars. This price is due to the beauty of the gem and its extreme rarity.

It is known that a total of approximately 3,500 bixbits were cut. No one can find new stones yet.

Alexandrite

In Yekaterinburg in the early 19th century, the first mineral was found that is able to change its color depending on lighting. Under the light of an incandescent lamp, alexandrite has a purple, purple or reddish tint, in sunlight the stone becomes greenish.

1 carat of Alexandrite costs from 10,000 to 37,000 dollars. The stone does not have any special rarity. Previously, gems were mined only in Russia. Currently, alexandrite deposits are discovered in Madagascar, in Brazil. Faceted stones are a rarity. And those that are found are small in size.

Tourmaline Paraiba

This most expensive stone used to be found only in Brazil. The gem has a turquoise hue, and in the twilight - a neon glow. No stone has any such properties anymore. It is not possible to photograph this glow. To date, paraiba tourmalines are found in Madagascar, in Africa. Their cost is much lower than that of Brazilian ones.

The cost of small tourmaline is about $ 15,000. And only large specimens can get to the real master. As a result, such a product will have a fantastic price and museum value.

Precious Ruby

Ruby takes the sixth place in the nomination the most expensive stone. With the exception of Antarctica, rubies are mined everywhere. Asian pigeon blood gems are considered the most expensive. Their cost is from 15 000 dollars / carat.

Last year, the most expensive ruby ​​was sold at auction. 30 million dollars were given for a stone weighing 25.5 carats.

Diamond

One of the favorites of rich people is diamonds or faceted gems - diamonds. The sparkle of the stone is simply mesmerizing. Due to their hardness, they are used in many fields. Diamond is considered a symbol of hardness, purity and is a "man's" stone.

Scientists claim that the age of some stones is 2.5 million years and there are specimens of unearthly origin. Depending on the color and purity, the price of the gem depends. The cost of 1 carat of diamond starts at $ 15,000.

Cullinan is considered the largest diamond. Its weight is 3100 carats. The Yakut diamond weighing 332 cards is called the XXVI Congress.

Jade

One of the most expensive stones on the planet is imperial - transparent jadeite. This mineral has a green color. It is very rare, hence its great value. The cost of 1 carat of imperial is $ 20,000. The Aztec jadeite was a sacred stone. In Thailand there is a talisman - “Emerald Buddha”. So it is made of jadeite and is also framed by gold.

Padparaj

In third place in the ranking of the most expensive stones is the padparaj gem. Now only two deposits are known in the world in which this rare mineral is mined. The name of the stone means "Sunrise". The classic color of the stone consists of 3 colors:

• pink;
• Orange;
• red.

There are practically no such ideal stones in nature, so their price is very high. 1 carat padparaj starts at $ 30,000. Maybe this is not entirely correct, but two-tone minerals can be called padparaj. And when a plain pink or orange sapphire is passed off as padparaj - this is already a clear hoax.

There are many peculiar fakes. One of them is “heated padparajs”. Corundums are heated in special furnaces for their production. After such a heat treatment, the gems change their color. Their cost is also rather big, but in essence - these are not real stones for which they are given out.

Grandidierite

The beauty of this precious and very rare stone is simply amazing. It has a gentle blue color and shimmers simultaneously in three colors: green, blue and white. Alfred Grandidier first described this gem. The stone was named after the scientist.

Almost invaluable stone make its rarity and beauty. How much they will pay for it - so much grand dierit is worth it. In the world there are only 8 stones of grandidierite, the compliance with the standards of which is proved. For each such gem they pay $ 100,000, and this is for 1 carat.

Red diamond

Red diamond comes first in value. Its price is simply fantastic - from $ 1 million per 1 carat. Such a fantastic value is explained by the extreme rarity of the stone and its amazing beauty.

Only in Australia find red diamonds. But they are extremely rare - only a few stones per year. Therefore, gems whose weight is equal to or greater than 0.1 carats already have a very high cost.

At the Smithsonian Exhibition was presented the largest red diamond on the entire planet. Its weight is slightly more than 5 carats. To evaluate such an instance is not possible. To understand a little about the value of a gem, a red diamond weighing a little less than 1 carat a few years ago was sold for one trillion dollars.