Until recently the magic 1 million per carat mark was only achieved by colored diamonds.
Most expensive ruby stone in the world.
The ruby has been set between hexagonal diamonds to create an exquisitely beautiful piece of jewelry.
Yes rubies can cost a fortune.
With the sale of the sunrise ruby the beautiful red gemstone has joined the exclusive club.
This is of course the sunrise ruby.
At 25 59 carats the sunrise ruby is a mogok burmese cushion shaped ruby set upon a cartier setting alongside two shield shaped diamonds that weigh 2 47 and 2 70.
So much so that one of the the most expensive colored gemstones ever sold at auction until this past may was a ruby.
The sunrise ruby.
Here is the top 10 list of most expensive gemstones in the world.
This precious gemstone traces its origin to myanmar.
Above we featured the diamond as one of the most expensive gemstones and coming in at number 1 with a price tag of over 1 million per carat is the red diamond.
The sunrise ruby weighs 5 1 g or 25 59 carat.
The most expensive gemstones in the world and the ones that are most often traded are diamonds sapphire and rubies.