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by davoomac on April 23rd, 2006

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What's the most expensive gemstone in the world?

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  • by anonymous on May 2nd, 2007

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    Next to certain rare colors of diamond (such as blue, pink and red), jadeite is the world‘s most expensive gem, with prices above even ruby and sapphire. The record price for a single piece of jadeite jewelry was set at the November 1997 Christie’s Hong Kong sale: Lot 1843, the “Doubly Fortunate” necklace of 27 approximately 15 mm jadeite beads, sold for US$9.3 million . Indeed, out of the top ten most expensive jewels sold worldwide by Christie’s in 1999, five out of ten were jadeite, including three of the top four. These auctions clearly show that jadeite is among the most valuable of all gemstones. The most valuable jadeites are those of high translucency and rich Cr-green color.
    Nephrite has little value as a gem in and of itself, but carvings can be quite valuable.

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    • i just looked it up jadeite is just jade and only made valuble by what you do with it not so much as the stone its self

      Sarah_R1912

      by Sarah_R1912 on June 18th, 2011

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