18 Most Rare & Expensive Gemstones

from the most beautiful stones in the world to the most expensive rocks you've ever seen these gemstones are worth a shocking amount of money don't forget to click subscribe to become part of the DTR family and that little Bell icon so that you know when we post new videos number 18 fire opal opals form in a variety of different colors mainly because of the environmental conditions when they are developing however the fire opals have a characteristic bright yellow red or orange hue there minerality permits the gemstone to diffract liked making it shimmer in various colors the fire opal goes for about $2,300 per carat number seventeen demantoid garnet the demantoid is a diamond light green at a Mantine lustre and it boasts of dispersion and brilliance exceeding that of a diamond its initial discovery goes back to 19th century Russia when mineralogist niels gustav Norden Skiles identified it as a variety of android i'ts the garnets continued to be very rare despite new sources being discovered it's difficult to come across the demantoid that's more than ten carats and the stones generally occur in small sizes their rarity makes them a favourite choice for antique jewelry and they go for about 3,300 dollars per carat viewer comment time we love when you guys leave us comments for today's video we are giving a big shout out to Kayla Strickland who commented on our video most haunted dolls sounds like you have a haunted doll on your hands Kayla number 16 Tophet often misidentified of spinel topit is a quite rare mineral and considered to be even more limited in supply than diamonds its first discovery was in 1945 in Dublin Ireland and with mislabeled as spinel however after further inspection it was classified as a new and unidentified gem the primary distinction between spinel and Tophet is that the top it has double refraction the gemstone is currently found in small numbers from alluvial deposits in tanzania and sri lanka high-quality Tophet copies go for two thousand and five thousand dollars per carat number 15 bennett white the bright blue gemstone comprises a silica barium and titanium it originates from San Benito County California and that is how I got its name the stone is also the county's declared state gem bennett White's give off a strong fluorescence with a striking bright blue shine and they even look more fascinating under UV light Bennett white stones fetch about four thousand dollars per carat number fourteen powder 88 the rare pink mineral discovered in Quebec Canada in 1987 is named after the pouch rat family the family still owns a st. Hilaire mountain mine where the first of these gemstones were extracted it wasn't until 2000 when quality powder ecchi ight stones began appearing in the open market and some of them were mined in the myanmar northern macaque region the canadian quarry produces more than 300 of these stones but the macaque mine emptied by 2005 the cost of apache aight ranges from 3000 to 5000 depending on its purity and color saturation number 13 muscovite the gemstone first came from the Australian Musgrave ranges in 1967 but it was later found in Madagascar Tanzania Greenland and even Antarctica the stone is part of the tappet mineral family and phosphate grade Muscovites were not reported until 1993 going all the way to 2005 the largest known muscovite weighs 5.7 4 carats in their history very few have been found and the prices of blue and green faceted Muscovites range between two thousand to three thousand dollars per carat number twelve sapphire pad parashah the Sapphire is amongst the well-known gems in the jewelry industry it often has a deep blue color but some might have green yellow orange and pink colors they originate from India Thailand the United States China Sri Lanka and Madagascar while all sapphires are generally valuable the pad parasha is appreciated the most its name translates to the color of sunrise in Tamils and the gemstone is historically extracted from Madagascar Sri Lanka and Tanzania however it is currently next to impossible to find a pad Carazo in its natural form they are now artificially created by heating up corundum minerals to desired conditions the last classical meaning natural Patna Rajah weighing 1.65 carats sold for $18,000 in Sri Lanka currently apat viraja weighing five carats or more can fetch as much as $30,000 per carat the rarest quality sapphire specimens of all kinds go for anywhere between 4000 thousand dollars per carat number eleven emeralds the Emerald is a dark green and bright green gem and Columbia currently has the title of its principal producer they are actively mined in a significantly large number across the world but their prices stay on the cosmic end the reason is their vast popularity and the fact that finding clean emeralds is quite rare genuinely exceptional green emeralds can go for more than eight thousand dollars per carat in the world market number ten red barrel main art bixby first discovered the red barrel also known as Big Bite in 1904 the natural form of pure barrels appears colorless and it's composed of aluminum silicate and beryllium additional trace elements lend the red barrel it's raspberry color and the gemstone comes from the Thomas ranges in Utah it's much more scarce than rubies which are considered to fall on the top of the rarest of the gems list that's why they still maintain a hefty price and any size and clarity of the red barrel can garner as much as $10,000 per carat in its purest form however it is rarely found in anything above two to three carats number nine alexandrite the alexandrite is best known for the fact that it can change its color depending on the viewing angle under an artificial light source during the day the gemstone is characterized by blue green olive green tents and dark blue green tents making it appear purple red pink and crimson purple and red in color the first alexandrite came from the Yekaterinburg emerald mine in 1833 its cost varies depending on quality going for anywhere between ten thousand to fifteen thousand dollars number eight ruby rubies come in vibrant shades of dark red bright red and purple red like diamonds they are found globally except for Antarctica the most valuable of these gemstones come from Asia and its main exporters are Sri Lanka Thailand and Myanmar the pigeons blood varieties that spot a pure red and violet hue are by far the most popular a ruby can go for about fifteen thousand dollars in the world market because of their limited numbers number seven rough diamond the most desirable of all gemstones is a rough diamond and it also happens to be amongst the most expensive the wedding industry could be blamed for the enormous popularity of cut diamonds globally besides that most women wouldn't mind adding a jewelry piece carrying diamonds to her collection presently perfectly cut d colored diamonds can fetch as much as fifteen thousand dollars per carat number six Serendib it-- the extremely rare gemstone originally came from sri lanka in 1902 the enou silicate features a complex chemical formula and comprises of aluminum magnesium calcium and boron one of these gemstones recently came out of the macaque mines in Myanmar Seren did buy it goats for $18,000 per carat number five jadeite the Jays most beautiful and rarest stone just so happens to also be the most expensive it has been mined in a variety of colors but it's rich emerald color continues to be the most favored and these jadeite surrett from Myanmar however mauve apple green and lavender Jade i'ts are also quite popular with buyers the stone also forms an integral part of the meso American Maori and Chinese cultures where they are used to carve weapons fashion jewelry and also use for medicinal and religious purposes jadeite SAR currently priced at about 20,000 dollars per carat number four grand ID right the greenish blue or yellow blue mineral is quite rare and was first discovered in Sri Lanka however in the 20th century alfred gran Didier a French explorer found a bulk of the minerals in Madagascar only about two dozen of the Fawcett of grand idea right exists today the stone borrowed its name from its founder the unique gemstone goes for $30,000 per carat number three red diamond consider the most expensive gem in the world the red diamond with set you back us $1,000,000 per carat in the history of mankind only 30 samples of these gemstones have been found and most weigh under a half carat Australia's Argyle diamond mind is the only place where these diamonds can be mined and only a few stones are extracted from it each year while most people might assume that the red color is an security it comes from the deformation of the crystal lattice the priciest and largest of these stones ever sold with the mu CF red diamond that went for eight million dollars in 2011 number two blue diamond colored diamonds tend to be amongst the most expensive gemstones in the world because of their rarity and spectacular brilliance colored diamonds occur in a spectrum of black yellow champagne red chocolate brown pink green and blue colors the most popular are the pink star and Oppenheim er blue the Oppenheim er blue diamond has a vivid blue hue and it's the largest of such diamonds to go on auction selling for fifty seven point five million dollars that particular piece weighed fourteen point six two carats translating to three point nine three million dollars per carat the pink star recently broke the record selling for a whopping seventy one point two million dollars for a fifty nine point six carat piece number one u.s. three million dollar rare black opal Bobby and Australian miner found an opal back in 2002 after he fell in hard times he sold his mining equipment and took home his last bucket of rocks he began rubbing the grimy stones and discovered hints of gold and green it took Bobby two years to whittle the encasing rock away from the gem stone hidden inside what he ended up was an extremely rare 306 carat black opal you think that he would cash in on the precious stone but instead he kept it tucked safely underneath his mattress for another 12 years it kind of reminds you of a certain character from the Lord of the Rings and Bobby himself said that he considered it one of God's greatest creations that he had to guard he finally entrusted it to Katherine jeder an Australian jewelry designer who debuted at a Wynn Hotel Las Vegas Couture show for us three million dollars the black opals generally sell at $3,500 per carat thanks for watching coming up next 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Length: 12min 57sec (777 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 09 2018