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1.) The Largest Gold Nugget:

Source (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/sights/sightstory.php?tip_AttrId=%3D14107)

The largest single piece of naturally occurring gold in the world, known as the "Hand of Faith" weights nearly 62lbs and was found in 1980 by an Australian man with a metal detector. The Golden Nugget Casino purchased the huge gold nugget for a million dollars. The nugget was found only six inches below the surface of the earth, making it a very spectacular find indeed.

2.) World's Largest Diamond(s)


Culinan Diamond	Diamond Star	Excelsior Diamond

Source (http://www.worlds-largest-diamonds.com/)

Currently, the largest cut diamond in the world is known as the Cullinan I, or the "Star of Africa." It was named after the owner of the mining company that found the Diamond. It was cut by Asscher in Amsterdam and weighs in at a whopping 530.20 carats, with 74 facets. Today, the Cullinan Diamond is the centerpiece of the scepter for King Edward VII.

The Earth's biggest diamond pales grossly in comparison to the Universes biggest known diamond. Some 50 light years away, in the constellation Centaurus, lies the biggest diamond known at the heart of an old start that was once like our sun but has since faded and shrunk. The cosmic diamond is crystallized carbon and is 4,000km across. It is, in carats, 10 billion trillion trillion carats, and easily the most expensive diamond in all existence.

3.) World's Largest Pearl

Source (http://www.karipearls.com/pearl-of-allah.html)

The largest and most expensive pearl ever to be found is known as the "Pearl of Lao Tzu," although it is sometimes referred to as "The Pearl of Allah." It measures 9.45 inches in diameter and weighs 14.1lbs. It is approximately 31,893.5 carats. It is sometimes known as the "Pearl of Allah" because it somewhat resembles a turbaned head. The pearl itself is valued at nearly 60 Million dollars and was extracted from a giant clam off the coast of Palawan in 1934 by a Filipino diver. It was given to an American (Wilburn Cobb), as a token of gratitude for his life saving measures of the Palawan Village Chief's son. The pearl has had many potential buyers, but currently remains in the ownership of the Pearl For Peace foundation, a charitable organization.

4.) World's Largest Emerald

Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gachala_Emerald)

The Gachala Emerald is the largest in the world, weighing in at 858 carats. The crystal was found in 1967 at the Vega de San Juan mine in Columbia. It was named after the mining district that it was discovered in, but it now resides in the United States after being donated to the Smithsonian Museum by famous NY Jeweler, Harry Winston.

5.) Largest Ruby in The world


125West Ruby	Greenland Carved Ruby

The world's largest known ruby is currently for sale. The ruby is for sale from a company known as 125West. The single ruby weighs 8.2 lbs and is 18,696 carats. It is considered semi-translucent to opaque, containing rutile. Depending on how the ruby is cut by whoever purchases it, it will become not the largest cut ruby in the world. An accurate selling price of this ruby has not been revealed.

Currently, the largest ruby in the Northwestern hemisphere is the Greenland Ruby, and was carved by Thomas MacPhee over the course of 10 months. It eventually produced a 302 carat stone with beautiful engravings and carvings. It is worth $500,000.

6.) World's Largest Sapphire

Source (http://www.millenniumsapphire.com/)

The Millennium Sapphire is a 61,500 carat sapphire. It is currently carved beautifully, but is posed to break at least three world records. It could be soon considered the largest cut and polished sapphire, as well as the largest carved sapphire and then the largest and highest priced sapphire ever sold. The Millennium Sapphire was discovered in Madagascar in 1995 and is valued at between 90 and 500 million dollars. In 2001, the Guinness book of World Records issued the Sapphire a certificate designating it as the world's largest carved sapphire.

7.) World's Largest Alexandrite

Source (http://www.emporia.edu/earthsci/amber/go340/alexandr.htm)

Alexandrite is a variety of a mineral known as chrysoberyl, which is the 3rd hardest natural rock on earth. It was discovered in 1831 in the Ural Mountains of Russia. This rock is especially interesting, and expensive due to its color changing properties, with exceptional rocks turning from green to deep purple depending on the light. The largest Alexandrite was found in Sri Lanka and is a whopping 1,876 carats. The largest cut alexandrite is only 66 carats and is on display at the Smithsonian.

8.) World's Most Expensive Kidney Stone

Goldanpalace.com, the casino known for paying money for outrageous things (think the girl with the forehead tattoo), has agreed to pay $25,000 for the recently passed kidney stone of William Shatner. The money is to go to the Habitat for Humanity, and the price paid for the stone will cover about 1/2 the price of one house. Apparently "Captain Kirk" said the stone was "so large you'd want to wear it on your finger." Gross.

9.) Most Expensive Rock in the World (moon rocks)

Source (Space.com)

Moon rocks are arguably the most expensive non-radioactive rocks on earth. In May of 2004, a tiny moon rock the size of a raisin was stolen from a museum in Malta, 30 years after it had been donated by President Nixon. The rock was valued at an unbelievable 5 million dollars. It was picked up in the lunar valley known as Taurus-Littrow during the last Apollo moon mission, and was one of a number of moon rocks given to nations by the US throughout the world.

10.) The Most Expensive (for its weight)
non-radiological gemstone found on earth.

Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moussaieff_Red_Diamond)

Although many people perceive diamonds to be quite rare, the reality is that tons of diamonds are found each year, and that there are a very large number of diamonds throughout the world. True rarity, however, is found in colored diamonds, for which there are only a small number. The rarest of the colored diamond is the red diamond, with there being only a few dozen in existence. The largest of these diamonds is one known as the Moussaieff Red Diamond, which measures 5.11 carats. While this is somewhat small compared to the 100+ carat "large diamonds", it is still a few carats larger than any other known red diamond. It was originally known as the "red shield," but is currently owned by Moussaieff Jewelers Ltd. While its estimated value is unknown, it is believed to be the single most concentrated form of wealth on earth, aside from radioactive material.

11.) World's largest and most expensive colored diamond on earth

World's most expensive Blue Colored Diamond

Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Eternity_Diamond)

While the Red Shield may be the most concentrated form of wealth, it is not the most expensive colored diamond. That record goes to the blue "Heart of Eternity," a heart shaped diamond cut by the Steinmetz group, formerly owned by De Beers. The Heart of Eternity was found in the Premier Diamond mine in South Africa. Colored diamonds account for 0.1% of all diamonds produced by that mine, and it is the only mine that has ever produced quality blue diamonds. The 27 carat diamond is worth at least 16 million dollars.

12.) Rarest Mineral on Earth

Source (Wikipedia)

Painite is described by the Guinness Book of World Records as the rarest gem mineral on earth. In 2005 there were only 18 known specimens, which were all numbered and accounted for. The image shown here is specimen number 5 and weighs in at 2.54 carats. Painite is pink to red or brown and shows many different hues from different angles. Furthermore, it glows green under shortwave UV light. It is mainly found in Mogok and Kachin State in Myanmar. Because it is exceedingly rare, it is considered priceless.

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