But you could count another way: When you look at the age of first marriage compared to life spans, Americans are getting married earlier than they were in the late 19th century. The below chart shows that men in 1890 were married for less than half of their lives. Today, itâs nearly two-thirds.
Garrardâs Heart of the Kingdom Ruby â $14 million. The most expensive necklace in the world features a 40.63-carat, heart-shaped Burmese ruby surrounded by 155 carats of diamonds. Burmese ruby is one of the most sought after varieties of ruby due to its blood-red hue.
Rubies are the worldâs most expensive gemstones, the best Burmese rubies being valued more than an equivalent-sized flawless diamond. 1 The world record paid at auction for a ruby is U.S. $3.63 million in 1988 for a 15.97 carat Burmese ruby (U.S. $227,300 per carat).n our culture most attention is focused on the glamour of diamonds, but two colorful gemsârubies and sapphiresâare actually much rarer and more valuable. Godâs Word gives these two stones special attention. Indeed, rubies and sapphires are mentioned more often than diamonds.