Top 10 Most Famous Individual Emeralds
It bears a date - 1107 A.H. (1695-1696 AD). Mined in Colombia, it was sold in India, and named after the rulers of the Mughal Empire.
Once owned by the Rockefeller family, in 2017 sold at auction for $5.5 million. At $305,000 per carat, it broke the world record price-per-carat for an emerald sold at auction. It was bought by American jewellery house Harry Winston.
The largest uncut emerald crystal ever discovered (found in Bahia, Brazil)
It's one of the most famous uncut emeralds. It was mined in Colombia. Its color is incredibly beautiful.
It was named after William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, and is one of the world's largest (weight: 277 g). In 1831, it was either gifted or sold by Emperor Pedro I of Brazil to William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.
The biggest emerald ever found in the US (in North Carolina, hence the name)
It's a large uncut crystal
It's an emerald statue, carved from an African emerald crystal in 2006.
The most valuable emerald in the world, found in Colombia, in 1999
The second-biggest emerald in the world found in Colombia, in 1999