5 Most Ridiculous Expensive Things
By siliconindia   |   Saturday, 10 December 2011, 01:24 IST
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Vicuna Wool:

This Wool comes from the Vicuna, an animal that lives in the Andes in Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina at a height of 4,000 m to 5,500 m. Its wool is the softest, lightest, warmest wool on earth. As each animal can be sheared only once in every four year, they can produce only one pound of wool a year. The warmth of the wool comes from tiny scales on the hollow, air-filled fibres that interlock and trap insulting air. The fibre is almost eight times finer than human hair and a single coat requires wool from 40 Vicunas and is worth around $6,000. Vicuna fleeces are priced at $225 a pound.

 
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