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The gemstone weighs 116.76 carats, has 177 facets, and is an intense green color. It was donated in the memory of Campbell R. Bridges, the gemologist who discovered tsavorite, who was murdered in 2009. It is the largest known tsavorite gemstone and the largest fine gemstone ever to be cut and polished in the United States.
"Yogo sapphire" is the preferred term for gems found in the Yogo Gulch, whereas "Montana sapphire" generally refers to gems found in other Montana locations. [18] More gem-quality sapphires are produced in Montana than anywhere else in North America. [18] Montana sapphires come in a variety of colors, though rubies are rare. [16] [18] [23]
Taaffeite is a very rare, light violet gemstone, far more rare than a diamond. The gem is named after its discoverer, Austrian geologist Richard Taaffe, who found the first stone in 1945.
Red beryl, formerly known as bixbite and marketed as red emerald or scarlet emerald, is an extremely rare variety of beryl as well as one of the rarest minerals on Earth. [1] [2]: 19 The gem gets its red color from manganese ions embedded inside of beryllium aluminium cyclosilicate crystals. [1]
The World's Rarest Gems Are on View in L.A. the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County. ... “No," laments Procop, "no one has ever found a fine quality ruby of 100 carats or over. It may ...
Kyawthuite was discovered in the vicinity of Mogok in Myanmar, an area famous for its variety of gemstone minerals. [6] Only one 0.3 gram sample of the naturally occurring form of this mineral is documented, and it is stored at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. [7] [8]
Rare and expensive; used in jumpgates; forms when ordinary matter is subject to the stresses of a supernova, pushing some of its electron pair-bonds into hyperspace. The most commonly found form derives from 40 K, giving quantium-40. The name was coined by David Strauss in response to a request from the show's creator. [99]
In February 2007, the world's rarest baseball card sold at auction for $2.3 million. ... Click through to see the the world's rarest items, including one stunning red gem and a very, very pricey ...