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From Tanzanite to Benitoite, this article unveils the five rarest gemstones in the world that hold more than vibrant colors.

For example, jadeite is the hardest natural mineral, and painite is the second-rarest mineral in the world. The rarest mineral in the world is kyawthuite (Photo: mindat) Cost of kyawthuite The ...

There's a mineral so rare that only one specimen of it has ever been found in the entire world. It's called kyawthuite ( cha-too-ite ), a tiny, tawny-hued grain weighing just a third of a gram (1.61 ...

Gemstone seekers in Chaung Gyi Village unearthed the tiny reddish-orange crystal, which later caught the eye of a gemologist.

The value of kyawthuite is currently listed as priceless. The world's second-rarest gem, a mineral called painite, is valued at US$50,000 to $60,000 a carat. Oof. The world's only known piece of ...

Painite (SAF) 11-4fav (8-11) 3rd of 9, 4l behind Spin Doctor (9-2) at Fairview 1m 2f stks pol in Nov. Red William (SAF) 12-1 (8-10) 9th of 12, 8 1/2l behind El Romiachi (8-13) at Fairview 7f hcp ...

The only specimen of kyawthuite. Credit: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Deep in the Myanmar Mogok region, a tiny reddish-orange crystal sat unnoticed. To the untrained eye, it ...