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| <<Back to Main | AmetrineAmetrine | SpodumeneSpodumene | FeldsparFeldspar | Artistic CabochonsArtistic Cabochons | AgateAgate | AmethystAmethyst | AmmoliteAmmolite | ApatiteApatite | AquamarineAquamarine | BerylBeryl | Cat's Eye GemstonesCat's Eye Gemstones | ChalcedonyChalcedony | ChrysoberylChrysoberyl | CitrineCitrine | DanburiteDanburite | DiopsideDiopside | Emerald, the green variety of berylEmerald, the green variety of beryl | FluoriteFluorite | GarnetGarnet | Gemstone CollectionsGemstone Collections | KunziteKunzite | Lapis LazuliLapis Lazuli | MoonstoneMoonstone | OpalOpal | PeridotPeridot | QuartzQuartz | Rare GemstonesRare Gemstones | RubyRuby | SapphireSapphire | ScapoliteScapolite | SphaleriteSphalerite | SpinelSpinel | TopazTopaz | TourmalineTourmaline | TurquoiseTurquoise | Other Colored StonesOther Colored Stones | ZirconZircon | | Our Top Rare Gemstones Highlight | Rare Gemstones | | | Painite, taaffeite, jeremjervite, micro crystalline turquoise, hambergite, bixbite are just a few names of rare gemstones. The term "rare" refers to uncommon and difficult to find gems. Rareness is also a relative term to decsribe the notion of "a seldom occurring situation or objects".
During the mid nineties, there was only on painite in the world ( in the Geological Museum of London), now there are perhaps ten notable pieces.The largest in the world was recently examined by Gemwow to be over fifty carats in weight. The same goes for taaffeite, found in parcels of mixed color spinels, both in Sri Lanka and Burma. Recently more taaffeites have been discovered. Yet there are still new "unnamed" minerals being found each day with nothing or little literature or research availble.
Rarity may be referred to a seldom occurring mineral or a common mineral with an uncommon attribute(s). For example, a cat's eye ruby is a "rare' occurence from a not so uncommon gem, corundum.
A fine quality Kashmir sapphire is also considered very rare as the Kashmirian mines have been discontinued hundred of years ago. Few living gemologists or jewelers have seen sapphires from this famous locality.
Factors that attribute to rarity maybe color, size, internal charactistics, composition and in association, form or habbit, optical or chemical phenomenons, heritage and historical lineage or localities just to name a few.
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