Top 10 Gemstones with the Most Incredible Colors
That neon electric blue... Paraiba is very rare.
It looks like it glows!
A multi-color rough/uncut crystal. And the sequence of colors is very beautiful
It is so nice seeing a gem I would def wear and cherish
Red is the rarest diamond color in the world and Red Diamond is the most expensive gemstone ever ($1,000,000 per carat).
The source of their red color is debated but it's commonly accepted that "during the diamond’s formation, a plastic deformation is caused in the crystal lattice structure. Some of the atoms are misplaced as the diamond moves up through its kimberlite deposit, and the intense pressure of this movement causes the varying shades of pink, or red, to appear."- wiki
In the image you see the famous Rockefeller Emerald
That's a rare and beautiful color, for which they charge $35,000 per carat.
Taaffeite is found only in Sri Lanka, Tanzania and China (in China are low quality though).
Principal constituents of taaffeite are beryllium, magnesium and aluminium, making it the first mineral to contain both beryllium and magnesium as essential components.
The green sections are emerald crystals, the black sections are dark carbon impurities that entered the gemstone mix during its formation. They formed a six-point radial pattern because emerald has a hexagonal crystal structure (6-sided crystals) and the dark impurities filled in at the crystal junctions.
Omg It is beautifully designed and I just think it is so cool.
Benitoite is a rare blue barium titanium silicate mineral. Quality material has only been found in California and in 1985 benitoite was named as the official state gem of California.
In the image you see one of the most famous star rubies of all time - The DeLong Star Ruby. Awesome intense color and well-defined perfect star.
This is one of my favorite gems, the shining 6-pointed star across the top is gorgeous!
Looks like a UFO from the bottom
Red Beryl is an extremely rare variety of beryl that receives its red color from trace amounts of manganese.
Crystals suitable for cutting gems have been found in only one location - Utah, USA (the Ruby-Violet claims in the Wah Wah Mountains of Beaver County)
Ha, Queen Beryl from Sailor Moon
The most famous green diamond is the Dresden Green diamond - 41 carats, the largest and perhaps the finest green diamond known to have a color of natural origin.
This has astonished me by sight since that green is my favorite color it is very gleeful and just jubilant by my own orb(eye) of vision- Kevinsidis
Sapphire is usually blue but this one is white AND it's with the signature 6-ray star of the star sapphires. Stars are desired light effects created by the gemstones and star sapphires are known for that.
That looks like it would be overpriced.
All the colors of the rainbow condensed in one gem!
The holographic is in the NOW!
Pure Spinel is colorless and Red Spinel is the most prized form of Spinel
Aquamarine is actually a blue or cyan variety of beryl. All beryls are awesome.
Reminds me of a night sky.
Pink is a common color, but this is another level of beauty
Green tourmaline is considered to be the most common tourmaline gemstone.
Garnets are usually deep red to brownish gems but there are also green garnets. Green Garnet is a calcium aluminum silicate.
Deep green, like a dragon
So beautiful.
Amber is one of a few organic gemstones that is made of fossilized tree resin and may have beautiful inclusions, such as plants or insects, or parts of them.
Amber is usually yellow to brown-ish yellow. It has the colors of honey.
Alexandrite is known for the ability to change its colors dependent upon the nature of ambient lighting (alexandrite effect) - most often from greenish to reddish