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The Sunrise Ruby. 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 ...
Ruby is a pinkish-red-to-blood-red-colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). 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 largest gem-quality ruby, Estrela da FURA, was sold for $34.8 million, making it the largest and most expensive ruby ever to be auctioned. [14] [4] Sotheby's auction house officially declared Estrela de FURA the most valuable ruby ever offered for sale. [4]
The brightest and most valuable shade of red called blood-red or pigeon blood, commands a large premium over other rubies of similar quality. After color follows clarity: similar to diamonds, a clear stone will command a premium, but a ruby without any needle-like rutile inclusions may indicate that the stone has been treated.
The Liberty Bell Ruby. The Liberty Bell Ruby is a sculpture crafted from the world's largest mined ruby, [1] discovered in East Africa in the 1950s. [2] It weighs four pounds, is eight and a half thousand carats (8,500), and is sculpted into a miniature form of the Liberty Bell. It has 50 diamonds set in it and is valued at $2 million.
On "Antiques Roadshow" we took a trip back to 1998 when a woman brought in a gorgeous diamond and ruby jewelry collection she inherited from her great aunt, who was married to a congressman back ...
The “ruby slippers” worn by Judy Garland’s Dorothy Gale in the classic 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz have sold at auction for an unprecedented fee.. On Saturday (7 December), it was confirmed ...
Emerald of Saint Louis, [5] 51.60 carats cut; discovered in Austria, probably Habachtal, resides in the National Museum of Natural History, Paris Gachalá Emerald [ 6 ] Mogul Mughal Emerald , 217.80 carats cut; mined in Colombia and cut in the Mughal empire in Hijri year 1107 (1695–1696), resides in the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha , Qatar [ 7 ...