Why are some gems so expensive and still so sought after?

If you want to know "Why are some gemstones so expensive and so desirable?" Let's start with "Why are some gemstones so expensive?

In international auctions, several relatively "common" easy to break the auction record of gemstones, such as: pink diamonds, blue diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, etc.; There are also some varieties of gemstones can be shot repeatedly more than the estimated price of several times the price of the transaction, such as: emeralds, Paraiba, pearls, conch beads, gold and green cat's eye, change stone, spinel, Black opal, emerald garnet, turquoise, coral and so on. It is not difficult to find from the gemstone varieties, most of them are the top five valuable gemstones and collectors varieties of gemstones, is the industry and the market are more recognized by the circulation and collection value of gemstone varieties.

"Because it is perfect, it is expensive". Gemstones that achieve excellent auction results, whether in terms of color, clarity, crystal, cut, weight, naturalness and origin, are all high achievers in the criteria of the 5C2P evaluation system, and are a combination of "beauty" and "rarity". It is a combination of "beauty" and "rarity".

In addition, with the extinction of some old mines and the shutdown of high-quality mines, the global production of high-quality gemstones is on a downward trend, and gemstone dealers have good stock in their hands to sell, so the price naturally rises.

Why are some gemstones so expensive and so sought after?

"Rare is expensive", because the wonderful gemstones are always too rare, and will become more and more rare, after being collected back to the market is also very few, so the auction room occasionally to be able to see, collectors will come in droves of thousands of dollars to throw a showdown. Some people think that these buyers must be too much money, in the auction to play money, this idea is not Mary Jack Sue novel read too much. To know the rich is not a fool, on the contrary, they are particularly shrewd and visionary, as well as well-informed, for the collection of jewelry and investment has always been a necessary item in their asset allocation (alternative asset allocation). Gemstone (jewelry) collection and investment, not only can hedge, avoid investment risks, to achieve the preservation of assets, will also bring appreciation of earnings, is a one-two financial approach.