The Understated Sparkle!
rare, remarkable and unseen jewels.
So here’s the thing, while emeralds, rubies & sapphires have undoubtedly captivated us all, and I absolutely adore them, it’s inspiring to discover the world of other breathtaking gemstones waiting to shine.
Alexandrite
Well, did you know alexandrite is rarer than diamonds and even surpass the rarity of emeralds!?
No less than the BIG 4 of the gemstone world, Alexandrite is renowned for its color changing property from red under incandescent light, to green in daylight or fluorescent light. It was first discovered in 1830 in the Ural Mountains of Russia and named after Csar Alexander II, the then Emperor of Russia.
Saur Alexandrite is known to be the largest Alexandrite stone in the world with a humongous uncut weight of 122,400 carats and its price is immeasurable. Another expensive Alexandrite was sold at Christie’s auction in 2014 for a whopping price of CHF 1,325,000/- the alexandrite is of Russian origin, with no indications of treatment and a distinct colour-change from green to purple, and an Appendix letter indicating that ‘A natural alexandrite from Russia of this size and quality is very rare and exceptional and thus can be considered a very exceptional treasure of nature’.
Padparadscha Sapphires
Sapphires are a polychromatic gemstone, available in a variety of colors. They are a part of the corundum family, a group of minerals known for their exceptional hardness and durability. To add, Ruby also happens to be a part of the same family but because of its exceptional quality and unique nature has been named separately. Similarly, Padparadscha Sapphires is also been given its own name making the two only corundum family members with its own identity.
Found in a orangish-pink colour, its derives its name from Sanskrit : ‘padma’ which means lotus, and ‘raga’ means colour, adjoining it’s deep roots to the Indian culture.
Nothing matches the timless beauty & grace that of a Padparadscha Sapphire as they also the rarest types of sapphires to be found and hold high market value.
Painite
Initially identified as Ruby, Painite was first discovered in the early 1950’s but later discovered as a new gemstone in the year 1957, British mineralogist Arthur C.D Pain named it after himself.
Acknowledge as one of the rarest stones in the world with over just a few carats ever found till date, the rarity comes from its remarkable composition of the elements such as boron & zirconium which are rarely found together. In fact, the only mineral that contains both elements.