Carat weight has a large impact on a sapphire s price.
Red sapphire stone price.
Red sapphire is medium light to dark tones of red in color origin.
Parti sapphires show two or more colors.
Sapphires can come as cheap as 25 per carat to over 11 000 per carat.
The world s largest sapphire was unveiled in 2016 weighing 1404 49 carats and found in the ratnapura mine in sri lanka.
Srilanka india burma madagascar africa.
Many believe that this stone could sell up to 175 million.
Sapphire gemstones are famed for their brilliance and rich blue color but sapphire gemstones occur in a wide range of fancy colors including pink gemstones.
Generally the greater the carat weight the more the stone s value.
A top quality 1 to 2 carat stone might retail for prices between 800 1200 per carat.
Corundum is found as a primary mineral in igneous rocks such as syenite nepheline syenite and pegmatite.
A blue sapphire around 1 carat is likely to cost from as little as 450 to 1 600 depending on quality.
Color and size or weight are the most important factors in determining the price of a sapphire.
Sapphire is a precious gemstone a variety of the mineral corundum consisting of aluminum oxide α al 2 o 3 with trace amounts of elements such as iron titanium chromium vanadium or magnesium it is typically blue but natural fancy sapphires also occur in yellow purple orange and green colors.
Sapphire gemstones with their mohs hardness of 9 out of 10 are the second in hardness only to diamond and sapphire gemstones are one of the most valuable and wearable of all gemstones.
Al2o3corundum aluminium oxide cut.
Sapphire prices can range greatly depending on many factors.
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