Its owners, although aware they had a valuable sapphire, did not know it came from Kashmir. The discovery put another zero on the price. Kashmir sapphires are the rarest, finest and most beautiful ...

Adam’s A sapphire and diamond ring formerly estimated between €8,000 and €12,000 fetched a record-breaking €550,000 at Adam’s on May 13. The estimate increased to €150,000 to €250,000 when the ...

But sapphires from the rugged Zanskar range of the Himalayan mountains in Kashmir, northwest India, are the rarest and most sought after. And so, it was with great excitement that Claire-Laurence ...

Kashmir, Myanmar and Sri Lanka were important sources for sapphires historically, according to the Geological Institute of America. The stone was first discovered in Kashmir around 1881.