Painite is one of the rarest gemstones found on Earth.
It was first found in Myanmar by British mineralogist and gem dealer Arthur C.D.
Pain who believed it to be a ruby, until it was discovered as a new gemstone in the 1950s.
Painite is one of the rarest gemstones found on Earth. It was first found in Myanmar by British mineralogist and gem dealer Arthur C.D. Pain who believed it to be a ruby, until it was discovered as a new gemstone in the 1950s.