List_of_individual_gemstones Knowpia

A number of individual gemstones are famous in their own right, either because of their size and beauty or because of the people who owned or wore them.

Aquamarines edit

Dom Pedro, the world's largest cut and polished aquamarine. It is currently housed in the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C..^[1]

Diamonds edit

See List of diamonds

Emeralds edit

Bahia Emerald^[2]
Carolina Emperor,^[3]^[4] 310 carats uncut, 64.8 carats cut; discovered in the United States in 2009, resides in the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, US
Chalk Emerald
Duke of Devonshire Emerald
Emerald of Saint Louis,^[5] 51.60 carats cut; discovered in Austria, probably Habachtal, resides in the National Museum of Natural History, Paris
Gachalá Emerald^[6]
Mogul Mughal Emerald, 217.80 carats cut; mined in Colombia and cut in the Mughal empire in Hijri year 1107 (1695–1696), resides in the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar^[7]^[8]
Patricia Emerald,^[9] 632 carats uncut, dihexagonal (12 sided); discovered in Colombia in 1920, resides in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, US

Opals edit

Andamooka Opal, presented to Queen Elizabeth II, also known as the Queen's Opal
Flame Queen Opal
Galaxy Opal
Halley's Comet Opal, the world's largest uncut black opal
Olympic Australis Opal, reported to be the largest and most valuable gem opal ever found

Pearls edit

Abernathy Pearl
Arco Valley Pearl
La Peregrina
Pearl of Lao Tzu
Pearl of Puerto, largest known pearl
Servilia's pearl, most expensive pearl of all time

Rubies edit

Sapphires edit

Logan Sapphire
Star of Bombay, given to Mary Pickford by Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Star of India
Stuart Sapphire
Black Star of Queensland
Star of Adam, with a weight of 1,404.49 carats (280.898 g), it is the largest star sapphire in the world.
Queen Marie of Romania Sapphire

Spinels edit

Black Prince's Ruby, actually a spinel mounted on the Imperial State Crown
Samarian Spinel, the world's largest spinel
Timur Ruby, believed to be a ruby until 1851, hence its name

Topazes edit

American Golden Topaz, the largest cut yellow topaz, weighing nearly 23,000 carats (4.6 kg).
Chalmers Topaz, a 5,899.5-carat (1.17990 kg) cut topaz.

Tsavorite edit

Lion of Merelani, a square cushion cut tsavorite that weighs 116.76 carats and has 177 facets. It is on display at the Smithsonian Institution.

Images edit

References edit

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20140705193815/http://smithsonianscience.org/2012/12/dom-pedro-aquamarine-to-go-on-view-at-the-smithsonians-natural-history-museum/
^ Allen, Nick (September 24, 2010). "Judge to decide who owns 250 million Bahia emerald.html". The Daily Telegraph, UK. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
^ Gast, Phil (2010-09-01). "North Carolina emerald: Big, green and very rare". CNN. Cable News Network (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.). Retrieved 2013-10-08.
^ Stancill, Jane (2012-03-16). "N.C. gems to shine at museum". The News & Observer. The News & Observer Publishing Co. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
^ "Emeraude de Saint Louis – St Louis Emerald". CRPG: Le Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ "Gachala Emerald". National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution. 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
^ "A Magnificent Carved Emerald". Christie's. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
^ "The World's Largest Emeralds". International Gem Society.
^ "Patricia Emerald". AMNH. Retrieved 2017-12-09.