![]() ![]() Quig Bruning, head of Sotheby's Jewellery in New York, said when he first saw the stone he was entranced, the Press Association reports. The rare gem has been called "Estrela de Fura", meaning "Star of Fura" in Portuguese, named after the mine in which it was found. Polished rubies of more than five carats are extremely uncommon. The original rough stone weighed a staggering 101 carats when it was found last year in a mine in Mozambique, where there are vast ruby deposits in the north of the country. Sotheby's, which auctioned the 55.22-carat gem, described it as a "once-in-a-lifetime" jewel. The biggest ruby ever to come to auction has been sold in New York for a record sum of US$34.8m ($56.8m). The Estrela de Fura", meaning "Star of Fura", was cut from a 101-carat rough stone and is the world's largest ruby Photo: Sotheby's ![]()
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