List of individual gemstones

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A number of gemstones have gained fame, either because of their size and beauty or because of the people who owned or wore them. A list of famous gemstones follows.

Alexandrites[]

• Smithsonian museums' Alexandrite, the largest cut alexandrite weighing 65.08 carats.

Aquamarines[]

A birthstone.

• The Dom Pedro – The world's largest cut and polished aquamarine. Housed in the permanent collection of the Houston Museum of Natural Science

Diamonds[]

See List of famous diamonds

Emeralds[]

• Bahia Emerald^[1]
• Carolina Emperor,^[2][3] 310 carats uncut, 64.8 carats cut; discovered in the United States in 2009, resides in the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
• Chalk Emerald
• Duke of Devonshire Emerald
• Emerald of Saint Louis,^[4] 51.60 carats cut; discovered in Austria, probably Habachtal, resides in the National Museum of Natural History, Paris
• Gachalá Emerald^[5]
• Mogul Mughal Emerald
• Patricia Emerald,^[6] 632 carats uncut, dihexagonal (12 sided); discovered in Colombia in 1920, resides in the American Museum of Natural History, New York

Opals[]

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

Pearls[]

• Abernathy Pearl
• Arco Valley Pearl
• La Peregrina
• Satlada – A seven-stringed pearl necklace of the Nizams. Most pearls are white but can be other colors as well.
• The Pearl of Lao Tzu - Philippines
• The Pearl of Puerto - Largest pearl
• Servilia's pearl, most expensive pearl of all time

Rubies[]

• The DeLong Star Ruby
• The Midnight Star Ruby
• The Neelanjali Ruby
• The Rajaratna Ruby
• The Rosser Reeves Ruby

Sapphires[]

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

Spinels[]

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

Topazes[]

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

Images[]

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  Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond

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  Gachalá Emerald

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  Black Prince's Ruby (front cross)

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  Logan Sapphire

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  Chalmers Topaz

See also[]

• List of gold nuggets by size

References[]

External links[]

• Gemdat.org – The Gemstone Database
• Gemsociety.org - Gemstone Toxicity Table