Most Expensive Stone in the World

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Imagine you’re at a huge party, and you’re looking for one specific friend. That friend is Painite. It is elusive. For decades, only a handful of crystals existed in museums.

First discovered in Myanmar in the 1950s, it was mistaken for a ruby. A British mineralogist named Arthur C.D. Pain kept a sample, later realizing it was an entirely new mineral. The place where it was found? A tiny, remote site barely accessible by foot.

Even today, most Painite comes from a single location. Supply is almost zero, while demand from collectors is obsessive. That’s the simple math of a $50,000 to $60,000 per carat price tag.

Take Your Daily Coffee Budget, Then Multiply… A Lot

To put it in everyday terms: a single carat of Painite is about the weight of a small paperclip. One paperclip of a stone costs more than your entire car. A one-carat diamond you might see in an engagement ring? That’s around $4,000 to $6,000 on average. Painite is ten times that.

If you bought a Painite crystal the size of a pea (maybe 3 carats), you’d be spending around $180,000. That’s a new house. Or a college education. Or a lifetime supply of tacos. You choose.