Black opal is the rarest and most popular type of opal. In fact the stone was initially assumed to be another rare. The majority of the known stones are translucent but the most rare and therefore most valuable example ever found was transparent. Paine first found this orange brown stone in myanmar in the. Tanzanite is an exotic gemstone found in one location on earth near the hills of merelani in nothern.
Painite made it into the guinness book. Grandidierite was first discovered in southern madagascar in 1902 and was named in honor of french. Jadeite although it appears in. Discovered in 1951 in burma painite was dubbed by the guinness book of. Although still one of the rarest gems in the world this new discovery has now made a few higher quality stones available.
The main characteristic that will differentiate black opal from common opal is its body tone. It is also considered among the rarest of all gemstones. Musgravite granted all the gemstones on this list are rare but musgravite is exceptionally rare. Musgravite was entirely unknown to us until 1967. Almost all the world s supply of black opal is mined in lightning ridge in new south wales australia.
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Top 15 rare gemstones with pictures 1. Black opal is the rarest and most popular type of opal.
