The Rarest And Most Beautiful Gemstones In The World

Gemstones are a thing of beauty and fascination, equally. Something that has formed over millions and billions of years, and through so many different processes which gives them all different colours and characteristics. According to the leading gemstone manufacturer in India, the sheer variety of gemstones available in the world makes them a great addition to jewellery. Whatever result you want, the use of a variety of gemstones can bring that variety in the jewellery.

There are regular gemstones like the precious diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, and rubies, and the semi-precious gemstones like tourmalines, opals, aquamarines, and garnets etc. However, there are also rare gemstones, some of them so rare that they are only found in one place or are quite less in numbers. This article discusses the existence of these rare and beautiful gemstones.

By the typical definition of gemstones, these are the ones that are cut and can be used in jewellery. This list does not include gemstones that are collected in their uncut form. Give it a read and enjoy.

Rarest and Beautiful Gemstones

●       Tanzanite

Tanzanite is named so because of its country of origin; Tanzania. However, the real testament of this blue-purple-brown trichroic gemstone is that the one mine in Tanzania is the only place where this gemstone can be mined. The major gemstone distributor in India say that while Tanzanites are rare and are expected to run out of supplies in the next few years, the more rare variety of this stone is a natural blue Tanzanite. Because of its rare numbers and only one place of origin, it is a rare yet beautiful gemstone.

●       Black Opal

Black opals, though the market may make you believe otherwise, are extremely rare in existence. Part of this rarity is because they are only found in one mine near the NSW region of Australia. Most opals are colour treated to make them appear black, which is why a naturally black opal is even more valuable, with the coloured inclusions lighting up the naturally black background.

●       Paraiba Tourmaline

Tourmalines are not really that rare in the world as they are rather commonly found in Brazil. However, the Paraiba Tourmaline kind of gemstones is rare because, for every 10,000 gemstones, you only find 1 Paraiba. Their turquoise colour and brilliant history make them very desirable, and thus, beautiful.

●       Alexandrite

The famous colour changing gemstone of Alexandrite was first found in 1839 and immediately became a thing of fascination for people. The blue green clour in the sunlight and red-purple hue in darker environments makes the Alexandrite quite the eye-catching gemstone. However, what captures the mind is the extreme rarity of this gemstone, with only a handful ever found above a carat of weight. To find a clear Alexandrite with perfect colour transition is even rarer.

●       Benitoite

Despite finding trace amounts of this beautiful gemstone in parts of Arkansas as well as Japan and Australia, the only place where Benitoite was ever mined, was in a small mine near the San Benito River in California. With the mine closed off in 2006 for mining, the rarity of this deep blue coloured gemstone has now been intensified. Furthermore, the rarity of this gemstone, a well-cut Benitoite gemstone can easily go for tens of thousands of dollars.

Rarity in gemstones has a lot to do with the stone is perceived by the rest of the world. While a lot of these gemstones can be used on jewellery, the knowledge of how rare they are is the real glint in the final piece,