Rarest Gemstones In The World -II
Rarest Gemstones In The World - II
Do you know that there are over 300 documented gemstones in the world which are available in poor quality to extremely rare, expensive and pure quality. There are gemstones which you never heard of and might never get to see the rarest of them in the world as these gems are so precious and rare. To see them you can visit a museum that has a spicemen on display. So we are again back with a list of rarest gemstones in the world part-2. So lets begin with our list of rarest gemstones in the world.
Black Opal
The first gem in our today's list of rarest gemstones is Black Opal. Precious opal in itself is rare. Opal comes in many different colors, from milky white to black. Black opal is the rarest amongst its kind. It’s characterized by its dark background color, though in a natural black opal you should still be able to see the colorful iridescent flakes, which pop against the background. Black Opal comprises of Hydrogen, Silicon and Oxygen. Nearly all clack opals are mined from the lightning Ridge in New South Wales, Australia but some have also been found in the opal mining town of Mintabie, South Australia.
Larimar
Larimar is a very rare blue variety of the mineral pectolite and is found in only onesmall area of the Dominican Republic. The colour of the stone varies from white to dark blue. The colour of the stone is photosensitive, similarly to amethyst, and if exposed to sunlight for too long it could begin fading. This stone's name was created by the man who bought the stone to prominence in 1974, Miguel Mendez . He took the first part of his daughter's name, Larissa, and combined it with the Spanish word for sea, mar, to create the portmanteau larimar.
Paraiba Tourmaline
Do you know that Tourmaline is a semi- precious gemstone. The secret behind the rarity of Paraiba tourmaline is its colour. The first Paraiba Tourmaline was discovered in 1989 in the state of Paraiba, Brazil. Though tourmaline can be found in a large variety of colours in the US, Brazil and Africa, the Paraiba tourmaline gemstones are of much higher quality with intense colours due to the copper present in the mineral.
Painite
Do you know that there is some dispute over which gemstones is the rarest but if see the Guinness Book of World Reciords and experts in the field it's safe to say that Painite is the rarest gem in the world. Even decades after mineralogist Arthur C.d. Paine first found this orange brown stone in Myanmar in the 2950s, only two specimens were known to exist, making it the world's rarest gemstone. Another factor in the rarity of this inclusion of boron and zirconium, which don't occur together in any other minerals. Other elements that Painite is composed of are Aluminum, Calcium and Oxygen.
Taaffeite
Austrian geologist Count Edward Charles Richard Taaffe is credited with discovering this gemstone. Taaffeite is a gemstone with an interesting history. It became the first and only gemstone ever to be identified from an already cut and polished stone. Taaffeite was discovered to be an intermediate stone between spinel and chrysoberyl. Since, the gemstone has primarily been found in Sri Lanka and Tanzania, as well as in parts of China. Only less than 50 samples have ever been found of this incredibly rare gemstone. With an appearance much like amethyst, Taaffeite is more durable and had a composition of Aluminum, Magnesium, Beryllium and Oxygen.
Musgravite
Musgravite is another incredibly rare gem. It is closely related to Taaffeite, with their main difference coming from the level of magnesium content. For many years after its discovery in South Australia's Musgrave Range, there were only eight known Musgravite stones in the world. Musgravite remains exceedingly scarce and incredibly expensive. Musgravite has an appealing array of colors, from light olive to deep violet. This gem comprises of Berylllium, Magnesium, Zinc, Iron, Aluminum and Oxygen.
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