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The Sunrise Ruby [1] [2] [3] has been the world's most expensive ruby, most expensive coloured gemstone, and most expensive gemstone other than a diamond [2] [3] [4] until the discovery of the Estrela de Fura. Originally mined in Myanmar, its current name is derived from a poem of the same name, written by the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi. [5]
Following the discovery of a new locality for rose beryl in Madagascar in 1910, George Kunz proposed the name morganite at a meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences on 5 December 1910 to honour his friend and customer J.P. Morgan [6] [7] for his financial support for the arts and sciences, and his important gifts of gems to the American Museum of Natural History in New York and to the ...
Ruby is one of the most popular traditional jewelry gems and is very durable. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires. Ruby is one of the traditional cardinal gems, alongside amethyst, sapphire, emerald, and diamond. [3] The word ruby comes from ruber, Latin for red. The color of a ruby is due to the element chromium.
18 Most Expensive Gemstones in the World. John Csiszar. May 31, 2023 at 7:00 AM. miss_j / Getty Images/iStockphoto. Rare and precious items have always had a grip on the imagination of human beings.
The Blue Moon of Josephine is a 12.03 carats (2.406 g) blue diamond, described as flawless by experts, that was discovered in South Africa in January 2014 and was sold at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva in November 2015 at a record-setting price of $48.4 million (43.2 million Swiss francs plus fees). [1]
Priced at: $1.5 million. Similarly, the Boheme Royal features an 18-karat white gold barrel adorned with over 1,400 diamonds. The pen comes in two versions: one with pure white diamonds and the ...
Bahia Emerald [2]; Carolina Emperor, [3] [4] 310 carats uncut, 64.8 carats cut; discovered in the United States in 2009, resides in the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, US
The Water-Resistant Sherpa-Lined Parka is the most expensive men’s item available at Old Navy right now. It’s priced at $119.99, though on sale for a limited time for $47.99.