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Ruby mining
rubies
synthetic
ruby prices
rubies for
sale
Chanthaburi
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Buying Burmese Rubies
Is not so easy
and it needs some knowledge since there is
always quite some money involved and who
wants to pay to much.
Rubies for sale come in different variants
one of this is a synthetic ruby, they have
the lowest prices, another one is a heat
treated stone, a bit more expensive and
after naturally the real ruby with not to
many inclusions and a pretty red color just
somehow like the color of blood.
Typical rubies for sale in all variants can
be found at Chanthaburi in Thailand there is
one of the biggest precious gem market in
the world. People from all over Asia even
Europe and Australia come to this Thai Town
south of Bangkok to make a deal. A stone
over about 6 mm already has a high valued no
wonder why they are called "King of Gems"
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real great ruby should have a deep red color
just as blood. Usually rubies have a slight
blue hue in the red color, this is rather
normal but don't look so good, a sapphire is
the same material, corundum or aluminum
oxide, as a ruby only with different color
that somehow explains the slight bluish hue
in many rubies.
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Buying Burmese Rubies at
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A ruby is only a bit less hard then diamonds,
the red
color comes from the chromium which found the way into the stone probably under
high pressure somewhere deep in the earth over millions of years., the name
comes from the Latin word for red which is Rubra.
Pure corundum
has no color there are
trace elements
such as chrome, iron,
vanadium and other which
find their way into the
stone under high
pressure and that
creates the color. This
process is repeated
artificially to enhance
below average rubies by
applying extreme heat
which will minimize
inclusions and increased
the red color. There is
another semi precious
stone with the same
color this are spinels
they are even used in
the British Crown
Jewels. There are other
red stones such as red
tourmalines.
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The Chanthaburi gem
market
about 300 km south of
Bangkok is one of most
important gem trade
center in world, most
rubies and sapphires
plus other pass through
this town,
more.
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Buying Rubies at
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A Ruby comes as a crystal
and is sometimes found
virtually sitting
or
enclosed on other
crystals, they are mined
for more than 3000
years. Myanmar, Sri
Lanka and Madagascar are
and the main sources
today, actually the best
quality rubies come and
have been coming from
Myanmar or Burma. Top
quality rubies with a
bigger size than around
6 millimeters are
extremely rare, top
quality means blood like
color, almost no
inclusions and no cracks
having a higher value
than similar sized and
clear diamonds.
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