Top 10 Gemstones In The World

We all love wearing jewelry that has some special touch to it especially something like gemstones. Gemstones are nothing but the minerals that are found in the earth’s crust. To be specific, not all minerals are precious and have some value. Only some minerals have been recognized and considered to be precious by people across the globe.

So here I have the top 10 most precious gemstones in the world. Get ready to have a look at them.

Red Diamond

Red Diamond

“Red Diamond”, sounds royal, isn’t it? With exceptional magnificence, Red Diamonds crown today’s top 10 list. Some of you might have not even seen them or heard about this most expensive gemstone of all. Unfortunately, this elegant master gemstone is found in less than 30 all over the world and it’s almost rare to see them and it’s an utmost difficulty to even think of owning them as yours. Many of you while reading this might be wondering, where does this red tint had come from? But the answer is not artificial. This majestic red tint to these diamonds is derived from the plastic deformation of the Crystal lattice.

Taaffeite

Taaffeite

One of the rarest minerals of all time, Taaffeite was initially mislabeled as Spinel. The first-ever Taaffeite was to the core surprise, was found already cut into proper shape in Ireland in 1945. Now coming to the misperception, after detailed research and study it was found to be an unnamed mineral but not the Spinel. The minor difference which solved this misperception was the double refraction found in the latter. This invaluable gem was found within Srilanka and Tanzania.

Grandidierite

Grandidierite

Grandidierite was also one of the rarest gems that are on the third place of this list. It was first found in Madagascar in 1902. Usually, these gems are mostly used for making jewelry and other ornaments. The blue tint of this gem is so delightful to look at and everyone thinks of acquiring it at the first sight. Like all other gems, it’s the cost is also pretty too high.

Serendibite

Serendibite

Serendibite a very rare silicon mineral was early discovered in Srilanka by Dunil Palitha Gunasekara in 1902. It has an awesome greyish blue kinda tint to it is the major attraction for many people who boast its ownership. It has named after Serendib, the old Arabic name for Srilanka. It is available in three different colors pale yellow, greyish blue, and blue-green.

Diamond

Diamonds

Acquiring number 5 in our list is the most well-renowned luxury mineral, Diamonds. Nowadays diamonds have become one of the easily available and sort of affordable gemstones. This shining stone has a lot of fan base and people show more interest in buying them. As a well-known fact diamonds are a pure form of carbons that are arranged in form of diamond lattice, which is said to be the major reason for its phenomenal strength and durability.

Alexandrite

Alexandrite

Ravishingly beautiful this gemstone belongs to the category of chrysoberyl that was first discovered in the Ural Mountains, Russia in 1830. This mineral has an exclusive color-changing property. It appears to be emerald in daylight or fluorescent light, ruby red in dark, and purplish in candlelight. Such a wonderful masterpiece of the entire gemstone collections. People combat for their own due to this insanely elegant color-changing property.

Red Beryl

Red Beryl

Looking identical to Red Diamonds, this charmingly red-tinted gemstone is composed of beryllium, silicate, and aluminum. These red gemstones are found in mineralized rhyolite tuffs, in Thomas Range, Utah. The Red Beryl acquires its royal reddish shade due to the presence of traces of manganese.

Musgravite

Musgravite

Looking purplish, Musgravite is a very rare and tough gemstone that belongs to the taafeite family. It was first unearthed at Musgrave Ranges, Australia in 1967.

Musgravite is an aluminum oxide containing different proportions of aluminum, zinc, and iron. It is widely used as a gemstone for adding extra charm to all of our jewelry.

Benitoite

Benitoite

This bright blueish gemstone is made of barium, silica, and titanium. The formation of Benitoite transpires during the last cooling state of hydrothermally distorted serpentinite. This rare mineral was initially found in San Benito Country, California from where it was named after. This mineral will exhibit strong fluorescence and shines bright blue.

Poudretteite

Poudretteite

Poudretteite is naturally pink in color and has a Mohs hardness of 5. It was originally discovered at Mont St. Hilaire Quebec, Canada in the 1960s by the Poudrette family and it was named after its founders. It has merely deductable radioactivity.

So here we’ve come to the end of exploring the top 10 gemstones in the world. There are almost 4000 varieties of minerals found on the earth but hardly a quarter part of them are valuable and are used by people. After reading this article think about which gemstone you are gonna buy next.

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