Biggest Mozambique Ruby sells for $34.8 million

  • 10/06/2023

The largest ruby ever offered for auction was purchased in New York for a record-breaking $34.8 million (£28 million).The 55.22-carat gem was referred to as a "once-in-a-lifetime" jewel by Sotheby's, which conducted the auction. When the original rough stone was discovered in a mine in Mozambique last year, the nation's vast ruby deposits in the north, it weighed an astounding 101 carats.

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