RAREST and Most VALUABLE Gems on Earth

You know the saying, Diamond are a girl’s best friend? Well, after watching our video today you’re going to wonder why on earth diamonds were chosen as a girl’s best friend when there are so many other far more beautiful and far more valuable gems to own! Perhaps it’s a good thing, as you or your partner would be repaying the cost back for the rest of your lives!
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9 - Hidden Gem…
This is Benitoite, a breath-taking blue stone that was discovered close to the waters of the San Benito River in California. There are some reports that say it has also been found in smaller quantities in Japan and Arkansas, but the quality just isn’t the same. One of the amazing qualities of this stone is what happens when you put it under UV light, the color is spellbinding. They were first discovered in 1907 and it’s the official state gem of California.
8 - Diamonds are forever…
And so is Grandiderite, discovered by French mineralologist Alfred Lacroix in 1902. He made the discovery in Madagascar and named it after Alfred Grandidier, a French explorer who was deemed an expert on Madagascan natural history. Similar stones have been found in other parts of the world, but the gem quality is only found in the stones from Madagascar and Sri Lanka. Most of the stones are translucent, but the extremely rare ones are transparent. Initially the stones were thought to a type of serendibite, until they found the transparent ones. The first stones found were said to have been sold for an undisclosed amount of money.
7 - Pretty in Pink…
There are over 4,000 minerals on earth that we know of, and many of them we’ll probably never see in our lifetime. Here’s one that was discovered in the mid 1960’s, but was only recognized as a mineral in 1987. It was only in 2003 that they were described for the first time, and up until now - not much is known about this rare stone that was discovered in the Poudrette quarry of Mont Saint Hilaire, Quebec.
6 - Diamonds are forever…
And so are these exquisite Red Beryl Emerald’s, but ensure you have enough cash to purchase one as it will set you back $10,000.00 per carat and they’re usually not even as big as a carat. Found in the Thomas Range and the Wah Wah Mountains of Utah, the Red Beryl is so rare because it only forms thanks to a unique geochemical environment. For every 150,000 diamonds found, only one of these are discovered.
5 - Off Colour…
We’ve really gone off the beaten track with the mineral and gems on our list today, so let’s go back to basics and bring in the diamond… but not just the regular diamonds, let’s have a look at some different colored ones! This is in order of rarity: yellow, brown, colorless, blue, green, black, pink, orange, purple and red. The largest red diamond ever found is the Moussaieff Red, which weighs 5.11 carats and is worth $20 million!
4 - Dog Garnet…
We’ve already featured the exquisite green garnet a little earlier, which is obviously extremely rare and up until the mid-90’s, we were used to seeing them in all other colors, mainly red mind you, but never, ever blue! But come the 90’s, that changed when blue garnets were discovered in Madagascar. They’ve since been unearthed in Russia, Turkey and the USA. Their value has reached highs of $1.5 million per carat. What makes the stone more beautiful is that changes color, so in daylight it’s a soft blue-green color and under incandescent light, a vivid purple. A 4.2 carat blue garnet sold in 2003 for $6.8 million!
3 - Diamond in the rough....
Here are a few more examples of diamonds that sold for millions due to their rarity. The Oppenheimer Blue diamond, the largest Vivid blue to ever be auctioned off, fetched $57.5 million and weighed 14.62 carats. Then there was the Pink Star diamond which fetched a record-breaking $71.2 million for 59.6 carats.
2 - Going Green…
Now this is the type of green we’d all like to go, if only we could afford it! Jadeite will set you back around $3 million a carat, and it’s officially one of the rarest precious stones you’ll come across. Not to be confused with jade though, which comes from China, Jadeite is from Burma and the quality is in a different league. It does come in different colors, but the green is the most sought after and the most expensive. Lavender is the next most popular and pricy!
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[@isaiahdooley5953]

I'm really proud to own a Grandidierite

[@the1tigglet]

Diamonds aren't a girls best friend. Historically, diamonds weren't bought for weddings. The diamond companies began bombarding tv with commercials about women deserving diamonds, they painted the picture that women should get diamonds from their husband. It was all an advertising campaign.

[@doppetheelf5861]

Thank you. This video open my eyes of different kinds of beautiful and natural stones and gemstone. An eye opening. Hoping of more videos.

[@tylernewsome8608]

I want to mine the mountains in Tanzania now.

[@FairyFrequency]

Awesome crystal countdown! Wishing you a beautiful day x) 🦋

[@kuda95m44]

Wow oh wow....thank you for this

[@marynylander9634]

Please put the name of the gem with it's photo. Beautiful and informative . Try to find a Pariba tourmaline with its exquisite rich aqua blue instead of the green tourmaline .

[@GeologyofGemsMinerals]

FACT CHECK: Rhodium is not a gem. Poudretteite (#7, you left out the name) is only found in gem quality in Myanmar. Red beryl are not emeralds; both are the mineral beryl, emerald being coloured green by V and/or Cr while red beryl is coloured red by Mn. Jadeite is not rare at all, but like any gemstone, the top quality material is rare. Ammolite is not that rare despite being restricted in geographic distribution. Rarest and most valuable are often not synonymous. That said, cobalt-blue spinel is rarer and more valuable than many stones on the list. There are many rare stones where relatively few good examples are known, which aren't mentioned here. Willemite, afghanite, vlasovite and serandite are only a few examples.

[@darksession]

how about post the name and description of the mineral

[@omariongaynair1175]

I liked the pink star dimond 💖💎👑

[@boredinmission420]

I bought some amolite for my wife its on a 20 pound rock and about 8 inches by 10 inches. Good thing I know people and payed no where near retail price for it.

[@DxRUnforgiven]

I didn't see the infinity stones nowhere on this damn list

[@kuda95m44]

Anthony Huapaya 😂😂😂

[@fatalraidsisasavage7688]

Nice vid guys

[@cameronwolf3139]

My dumbass is like “I wanna go here and just dig a hole; see what I find”

[@hibuampi1211]

Wow...I like all gems want to one of them..

[@jacruick]

Would be nice to see the name of each gem in the tag line....I guess my old "mood" stone ring is not as valuable, eh? Lol

[@virginiacopeland108]

The blue garnet thank you.

[@iannicholls2798]

what a beautiful girl at the end. wow

[@ubtoo05]

All got their beauty but the garnet

[@jbrobertson6052]

Number 4 WOW A really expensive mood ring lol

[@darwinang3399]

i think number 7 is poudretteite, why not just give the spelling, it would've been much easier to google

[@ishiqarainbowgirl7907]

Yo my fave is the last one

[@thomaslucia3059]

How about fire sapphires? They may not be that rare, but they're incredibly beautiful.

[@dr.engineering201]

Tanzanite and rodeium, red Berall emerald, blue garnet, jade nite, emalite.

[@franz009franz]

because diamonds are the hardest material and girls like it hard

[@funkids846]

I want it all 😜

[@johnscallan5648]

I bought Tanzanite 25 years ago and people said they were going to run out soon. Liar, liar, pants on fire.

[@oofitssnail]

The only thing I learned from this video is that I will never have any of theses

[@schezwansauce1138]

Wow

[@ubtoo05]

Interesting

[@silevile2123]

Is it just me or did they say diamonds are forever twice? Number 8: 6:00 Number 6: 7:00 They both have the same title!

[@games_reboot2863]

Find on Idaho the gem state

[@boost1606]

Rupee from Legend of Zelda.

[@anchterdabenson187]

I see peridot I press

[@brandonscott6747]

I think i saw an infinity stone

[@wolfbanefury]

Please Queen Elizabeth, Give India back their Kohinoor Diamond, my room-mate has been nagging about it for days and i cant sleep, she's also my girlfriend which makes things complicated when she asked me to provide sth equivalent to that if i ever ask her for marriage.. WHAT HAVE U DONE :(

[@piffletoster1046]

Wish R. Sugar would add these to Steven Universe. That would up the theory vids 90% (Rebecca, if your reading this: you *know* you want to

[@crobiggy]

I am 🇩🇪🇲🇸

[@aung3627]

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[@muffenme]

none

[@deesnoots]

Diamonds ain’t shit!

[@OlettaLiano]

They're to valuable to me. You can't eat them, and they don't play music.

[@aminismaill7684]

1st

[@dustyrusty7956]

no names on banners. Why? Poorly made video.