With the sale of the sunrise ruby the beautiful red gemstone has joined the exclusive club.
Most expensive ruby per carat.
30 20 carat burmese ruby and diamond ring.
In 2020 it s a blue diamond costing nearly 4 million per carat besting the previous holder a pink star diamond a 1 2 million per carat.
The cushion shape ruby is flanked by pear shaped diamonds weighing 2 00 and 2 02 carats respectively.
Rubies are now priced at about 1 18 million per carat placing them among the most expensive precious stones out there.
This impressive 30 20 carat ruby made a buzz when it topped the sotheby s geneva auction in may 2012 at the price of 4 265 586 or 141 245 per carat.
The price per carat increases rapidly when dealing with stones larger than 3 carat but at least they are on the market unlike benitoite for example.
Emerald 305 000 per carat.
Tanzanite 1 200 per carat black opal 9 500 per carat red beryl 10 000 per carat musgravite 35 000 per carat alexandrite 70 000 per carat emerald 305 000 per carat ruby 1 18 million per carat pink diamond 1 19 million per carat jadeite 3 million per carat.
One of the most popular traditional jewelry stones ruby is exceptionally durable.
Its colors always red can reach vivid levels of saturation.
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Blue diamond 3 93 million per carat.
However rubies are also subjected to more treatments than almost any other gem.
Alexandrite 12 000 per carat.
Until recently the magic 1 million per carat mark was only achieved by colored diamonds.
Price per carat comparison.
Other most expensive gemstones are as follows.
Fine quality rubies are some of the most expensive gemstones with record prices over 1 000 000 per carat.
Musgravite 35 000 per carat.
Jadeite 20 000 per carat.
You can expect to pay around 15 000 per carat for a top quality ruby larger than 1 carat.