"Totem Pole, 1821, Ojibwa Indian Tribe."
“Gem quality blue corundum, 66 carats, 1881, Kashmir.”
“Gem quality blue corundum, 78 carats, 1881, Kashmir.”
“Gem quality red corundum, 56 carats, 1896, Mogok, Burma.”
“Gem quality red corundum, 76 carats, 1896, Mogok, Burma.”
“Gem quality purple diamond, 24 carats, 1898, Kimberley, South Africa.”
“Gem quality pink diamond, 36 carats, 1886, Kimberley, South Africa.”
“Gem quality colorless diamond, 48 carats, 1889, Kimberley, South Africa.”
“Gem quality colorless diamond, 58 carats, 1893, Kimberley, South Africa.”
"An unknown map, 1919, Kuvayevich Antonov."
Yang Jing really didn't expect that such a small appraisal would reveal so many things. What Yang Jing didn't expect was that there was another secret hidden in this totem pole, and there were nine treasures of inestimable value.
The scientific name of ruby and sapphire is corundum, just like the scientific name of diamond is diamond.
According to the appraisal results given by the Holy Ring, there are actually two sapphires, two rubies and four diamonds hidden in this miniature totem pole. Although he didn't know what the last unknown map was, these eight gems alone were enough to make Yang Jing excited.
Rubies and sapphires, like diamonds, belong to the category of the world's five major gemstones. They are absolutely high-end gemstones, and any one of them is very valuable.
But what are these eight gems hidden in this miniature totem pole?
Gem-grade blue corundum, needless to say, is sapphire. The most important thing is the origin of these two sapphires, which are from the Kashmir region.
What kind of sapphires are produced in Kashmir? Undoubtedly, it is the most noble, valuable, best-looking and rarest sapphire on the planet, the Kashmir sapphire, also known as the cornflower sapphire.
Cornflower sapphires are a rich blue with a hazy, slightly purple hue, giving them a velvety appearance. The mine, located in the southern foothills of the Himalayas, was mined in large quantities from 1861 until 1887, when it was officially shut down. Mining lasted only 20 years, so they are extremely rare and valuable, and are sought after by connoisseurs and collectors. Once this type of cornflower sapphire appears at major auctions, it is often sold at a sky-high price.
Cornflower sapphire is recognized as the best sapphire in the world, without a doubt. Whether it is Sri Lankan star sapphire or Burmese sapphire, they are far inferior to cornflower sapphire.
It is no exaggeration to say that if sapphires produced from all over the world were made into a crown, then the most prominent position in the center of the crown would definitely belong to the cornflower sapphire.
Because the sapphire mine in Kashmir was in production for only twenty years more than a hundred years ago, and the mining period was only two or three months each year, the output of Kashmir sapphires was extremely low. As a result, in modern times, this extremely precious sapphire has become extremely rare, and its value is even more difficult to estimate.
And there are two of them here at once, and both are "Big Mac" type with a size of more than 60 carats. How can Yang Jing not be excited?
Just for these two cornflower sapphires, I would buy them even if it was three million dollars, let alone thirty thousand dollars.
And those two gem-grade red corundums are produced in the Mogok area of Myanmar. Needless to say, these are definitely the pigeon blood red rubies produced in Mogok, Myanmar.
If Cornflower Sapphire is the king of sapphires, then Mogok Pigeon's Blood Ruby is the emperor of rubies. The two have the same status among rubies and sapphires, and neither can surpass them.
If the two sapphires and two rubies were a huge shock, then the four diamonds below were an earthquake.
Especially the gem-grade purple diamond weighing 24 carats, which is actually a purple diamond!
Diamonds are the most valuable gemstones in the world. The larger and clearer the diamond, the higher its value. However, most diamonds have a little color, and only a very small number of brightly colored ones can be called colored diamonds. Therefore, colored diamonds are more valuable than ordinary diamonds.
Of equal weight, the value of colored diamonds is often several times or even dozens of times that of ordinary diamonds. Purple diamonds, the rarest of all colored diamonds, are worth hundreds of times that of ordinary diamonds of the same weight.
This is definitely not an exaggeration. In August 2015, Rio Tinto Group dug out a 9.17 carat purple diamond rough stone at the Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. After being carved, it became a 2.83 carat oval purple diamond. The conservative estimate of this purple diamond is as high as 4 million US dollars, and the average price per carat is more than 1.4 million US dollars!
This is the charm and value of purple diamonds.
And hidden in this miniature totem pole is a 24-carat purple diamond. Even if this purple diamond is just a rough stone, its value is inestimable.
And those two colorless diamonds are real colorless diamonds. Maybe colorless diamonds are not as valuable as colored diamonds, but they are also extremely precious.
Compared to this extremely rare purple diamond, the 36-carat pink diamond is also priceless. Of course, when the two colorless diamonds are added, the value of these four diamonds is difficult to estimate.
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