Check out these ten incredibly rare and insanely expensive gems below.
Most expensive precious gemstones.
Alexandrite 70 000 per carat.
Not only are they rare but they are also known to have a spectacular brilliance and are the hardest substance found on earth.
However or perhaps surprisingly there are so many gemstones that are even more rare and in turn even more valuable.
Out of all other gemstones they are arguably the most popular among people.
And also the most advertised and romanticized.
The most expensive emeralds ever sold identified as the rockefeller emerald were priced at about 305 000 per carat at the christie s auction.
This makes the emerald one of the most valuable gemstones in the world.
That s over 4 million per carat.
The pink star a 59 6 carat vivid pink diamond recently became the most expensive gemstone ever sold at 71 2 million.
The most expensive gemstones in the world are colored diamonds.