By Woro Swasti

rare blue diamonds

If you ever wondered how much is the price of a rare diamond, this rare blue diamond might answer your question. This diamond have value of about $9.49 million. This is the highest price for gemstone at auction. A lot of money spent for a single diamond ring.

The rare blue diamond ring that sold for $9.49 million or 10.5 million Swiss francs have size of 7.03 carats. It has rectangular shaped diamond stone set in a platinum ring. In May 2009, the price create a new record for fancy vivid blue diamond, and also a new record for price of any gemstone per carat sold at auction, that is $1,349,752 per carat.

The blue diamond stone on this expensive solitaire ring, was mined in South Africa by the year 2008. Then the stone was cut in the early part of the next year.

South Africa is a supplier of blue diamonds. Diamonds from this area used to called conflict diamonds, since the conflict emerge due to having diamonds from the land.

Why is the blue diamond cost so much money? Any diamond that classified as rare diamond always have much higher price than other common diamonds. Diamond with colors like blue or black diamonds are the among the rarest diamonds in the world, and thus very expensive.

People usually buy rare gemstones for collections, because only certain people can afford the price. But if you wish to have some of the rare stones, they are also beautiful jewelry to wear. You only have to prepare the money, a lot of money, for the expensive gemstones.