{"id":393,"date":"2013-02-17T15:44:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T14:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/?p=393"},"modified":"2013-02-17T15:44:18","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T14:44:18","slug":"jadeite-shares-top-spot-as-one-of-most-expensive-gemstones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/?p=393","title":{"rendered":"Jadeite shares top spot as one of  most expensive gemstones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-393\">\n<p>It may come as some surprise that Jadeite ranks higher on the price-per-carat scale of expensive gemstones.<\/p>\n<p>Top quality jadeite can reach $20,000 per carat, according to\u00a0gemstonesadvisor.com, making it $5000 more expensive than the lowly ruby and diamond!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/11610521859743_2-e1361110293359.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-395\" title=\"jadeite ring\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/11610521859743_2-e1361110293359.jpeg\" alt=\"jadeite ring, sold for $1000000 in 2006\" width=\"475\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">this jadeite ring sold for $1000000 in 2006<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But for me none of these gems has the allure of Alexandrite, a spectacular stone that has the ability to change colour depending on lighting conditions. Blue-green in natural daylight, this remarkable gem turns pink-purple in incandescent light. It&#8217;s a magical night and day stone, truly a gem for the \u00a0romantic heart.<\/p>\n<p>So if you are looking for a gift that speaks romance and adventure, look for Alexandrite, choice of the tzars!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-394\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Alexandrite-color-change.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-394\" title=\"Alexandrite-color-change\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Alexandrite-color-change-e1361108087224.jpeg\" alt=\"beautiful colour changing Alexandrite\" width=\"475\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Alexandrite-color-change-e1361108087224.jpeg 475w, https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Alexandrite-color-change-e1361108087224-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">beautiful colour changing Alexandrite, $10,000 per carat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-393\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 393);\">[Translate]<\/a><img src=\"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif\" id=\"translate_loading_post-393\" class=\"translate_loading\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may come as some surprise that Jadeite ranks higher on the price-per-carat scale of expensive gemstones. Top quality jadeite can reach $20,000 per carat, according to\u00a0gemstonesadvisor.com, making it $5000 more expensive than the lowly ruby and diamond! But for me none of these gems has the allure of Alexandrite,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky-forrester.com\/jewellery_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}