Top 10 Most Precious Gem Stones

Today we think of Most Precious Gem Stones like diamonds, emeralds and rubies as the most valuable and precious gemstones in the world. However, there are so many gemstones that are even more

rare and more expensive off course, more valuable. here in this section we present you Top 10 Most Precious Gem Stones in the world.

Top 10 Most Precious Gem Stones

10. Tanzanite

Tanzanite  is the blue or violet variety of the mineral zoisite belonging to the epidote group.It was discovered in the Mererani Hills of Manyara Region in Northern Tanzania in 1967, near the city of Arusha and Mount Kilimanjaro. Tanzanite is used as a relatively cheap gemstone as compared to others.it costs $600 – $1,000 per carat. First sold at Tiffany’s New York two years after its discovery, tanzanites are soft and wear faster compared to other gems and are worn less frequently to avoid scratches and damages.

09. Taaffeite

Taaffeite is a mineral, named after its discoverer Richard Taaffe who discovered the first sample, a cut and polished gem, in October 1945 in a jeweler’s shop in Dublin, Ireland.it costs $1,500 – $2,500 per carat Taaffeite Named after gemologist Count Taaffe, the one who discovered the gem in 1945, taaffeite is one of the rarest gems in the world. Deposits of this particular precious stone are only found in Sri Lanka and Tanzania, although some experts say there could be huge amounts of Taaffeite in Madagascar. This stone is almost clear in color, though red,
purple, and blue taaffeites have been found.

08. Black Opal

Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica.its water content may range from 3 to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6 and 10%. Because of its amorphous character, it is classed as a mineraloid. Opal is the national gemstone of Australia.
it costs $2,355 per carat.Opals are one of the most valuable gemstones in the world. Those that are beautifully fashioned and of rare shades can rival the prices of more expensive diamonds and rubies.Black opals are not necessarily black, but contain a black or dark green base color that looks like more charming. Most of black opals are found in Australia. Despite their beauty, they scratch easily, which is why they are usually set in earrings and brooches.

07. Grandidierite

Grandidierite is an extremely rare mineral and gem stone that was first discovered in 1902 in southern Madagascar. The mineral was named in honor of French scientist Alfred Grandidier who studied the natural history of Madagascar.it costs  $100,000 per carat.Alfred Grandidier was a natural historian famed in the archaeology world for his discovery in Madagascar of the skeletons and remains of an elephant bird that weighed half a ton and that has been extinct for thousands of years. He is also famous in the world of gemology for discovering in Sri Lanka a rare stone that transmits blue,green and white light. Initially, they thought it was the gemstone serendibite, but after closer scrutiny, gemologists concluded that it was a totally new stone. It was thereafter named after Grandidier.

06. Painite

Painite is a very rare borate mineral. It was first found in Myanmar by British mineralogist and gem dealer Arthur C.D. Pain in the 1950s. When it was confirmed as a new mineral species, the mineral was named after him.The chemical makeup of painite contains calcium, zirconium, boron, aluminium and oxygen CaZrAl9O15(BO3).it costs $50,000 – 60,000 per carat.It has a natural hexagon shape and has an orange-red or brownish-red color.Trace amounts of iron, vanadium and chromium are present in the stone. While it used to be the rarest stone in the world, more have been unearthed and discovered in Burma recently.

05. Musgravite

This gemstone is actually a silicate mineral that was first discovered in Australia in an area called Musgrave. While similar minerals have since been unearthed in Madagascar, Greenland and Sri Lanka$35,000 per carat.it is still considered very rare. There are trace amounts of aluminum, berrylium and magnesium present in the stone.

04. Musgravite II

Musgravite stones are usually compared with taaffeites because of their near identical properties. it costs $35,000 per carat. musgravite Despite recent findings in Greenland, Antarctica, Sri Lanka, Madagascar and Tanzania, this is still considered a rare gemstone. Taking its name from Musgrave Range in Southern Australia, musgravites was discovered back in 1967 but only a little are found up until the present.

03. Red Diamonds

A chemically pure and structurally perfect diamond is perfectly transparent with no hue, or color. However, in reality almost no gem-sized natural diamonds are absolutely perfect.This gemstone is very rare. Most of it are actually purplish red, and not crimson or pure red.it costs $2 million to 2.5 million per carat.A mining company located in Australia gets to find only a small number of red diamonds every year. These are then sold at an auction once every couple of years, and you can just imagine the interest, demand and price that the red diamonds command.

02. Jadeite

This gemstone is actually a pyroxene mineral, usually of apple green, emerald green, bluish green or leek green in color.it costs more than $3 million per carat.There have also been some that are either greenish white or white with some green spots. Jadeites are colorless in the thin section of the stone. The more intense the green, the more expensive the stone will get.
The Chinese, however, also value the white jadeite with green spots. A deep blue-green jadeite that emits a translucent hue has also been discovered in recent times in Guatemala. While it is considered valuable because of historical reasons as the Mesoamerican Olmec used it, the rarity of this specific kind of jadeite has yet to be established. Once the Guatemalans start actively mining for it and confirms its rarity, the value may increase even more.

01. Pink Star Diamond

The Pink Star Diamond boasts of being the most expensive gemstone ever sold at an auction in the world. it is Discovered in 1999 in  the region of South Africa.it costs $1.4 Million per carat.this particular precious stone was sold at $83 million dollars by Sotheby’s that is $1.4 million per carat which is an huge amount.Colored diamonds are priced higher than their clear counterparts. But the Pink Star is 12 times more expensive than the average pink diamonds due to its very vivid shade of pink and beautiful and attractive look.