Myanmar Ruby Jewelry Burmese Rubies

red to orange-red. Like Sapphires, there is also a translucent variety of ruby called star ruby that display a six pointer star when in a smooth domed Cabochon cut. The best ruby gemstone has intensely saturated, pure red with no overtones of brown or blue. After color, the factors that influence value are clarity, cut and size, stones with no visible inclusions are more valuable than those with visible internal flaws.

Rubies are available

easy in sizes up to 2 carats, because of their intense color and durability, they make excellent jewelry stones. Larger sizes are available, but top quality rubies are much more rare and some even more

valuable than colorless diamonds, particularly in sizes above 5 carats. For instance, a 16 carats gemstone sold at auction for more than $200,000at Sotheby's in 1988. In May 1995, a 27.37 carats Burmese ruby ring sold for 4 million dollars at Sotheby's in Geneva,

Switzerland, an astounding $146,145 per carat. In contrast, none of the D-color, internally flawless diamonds over 50 carats sold in the last decade can match this value per carat.

Most Burmese rubies end up in Chanthaburi, the gem capital of Thailand and south east Asia and Bangkok to be resold or manufactured into ruby jewelry. Rubies are rarely found perfect in nature, which is why many are heat treated to intensify or lighten their color or improve their clarity, heat enhancement is permanent. Some rubies also have cracks and cavities that are filled with glass like materials to improve their appearance. This filler may break, fall or wear out over time if exposed to heat, abrasives or an impact. for both treated or untreated stones, best cleaning method is just use soapy water and a brush, more.

Myanmar, Madagascar plus Bangkok and Chanthaburi in Thailand are some of the places where raw ruby stones can be bought at a ruby gemstone market. Markets are in Myanmar either at Mogok where the ruby mines are or at the Bogyoke Market in

 Yangon. At the open  Bogyoke Market every day lots of Myanmar gem dealers offer Myanmar rubies just out from the pocket. At the open Bogyoke Market a ruby stone shouldn't be bought by foreigners since nobody know where to go after the buyer maybe find out that the value is not as good as promised, maybe heat treated, who knows ' On top of it if you want to export the ruby you need a official paper and this is only available from a licensed dealer. Actually this is somehow similar to Sri Lanka, Madagascar and elsewhere.

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Sapphire are physically the same as ruby only with a different color. Many ruby of Birma or Burma find their way to Thailand and in particular to Bangkok and Chantaburi. Chantaburi is also a Myanmar or Burmese sapphire marketplace. Myanmar also has a small production of diamonds.

If you are interested in a Myanmar ruby jewelry, ring, necklace, pendant, engagement rings or bracelet and don't have enough money available you could also buy a deep red spinel necklace or other spinel jewelry, a spinel looks almost similar like a ruby. Naturally Burmese ruby is the real  red stuff. Myanmar ruby auction are done twice per year at the Yangon emporium. If you ask yourself quality rubies comes from where' the answer is mainly Myanmar. If you are French you probably will ask for rubies de Myanmar, read more.

Heart shaped Burmese ruby


Sapphire with deep blue color

Myanmar Spinel, Rubies

Star Ruby

A star ruby

is something special, this amazing six rays and even up to 12 rays is something real unique, actually its the same with sapphires which are the same as rubies only with a different color. 

Burmese Rubies Gemstone

Many beautiful pieces of ruby jewelry are made with synthetic rubies this days, or gemstone looking similar to rubies - like spinel, because it becomes more and more difficult to find real good rubies. On the other hand synthetic rubies are very clear and have no inclusions since almost all genuine rubies have some inclusions or at least small flaws in them it is a good indicator if a ruby is genuine or from the lab. Inclusions naturally always affect the price of the ruby along with other factors such as the depth of the

red color, the cut and the carat size of the ruby. Many times other stones like red spinel, red tourmaline and red garnet are used instead of rubies, since they look very similar to a untrained eye. It needs a thorough gemological check of any ruby jewelry before you purchase it, since all other red precious stones are worth much less than a genuine ruby.

Buying a gemstone

directly from the jewelry shop in Myanmar will come with a certification and a official invoice - no credit cards - to be presented to custom at leaving Myanmar, that means it is very unlikely you will be cheated with a false ruby. In Myanmar, especially in Yangon you can hire a ruby expert to go with you on a shopping tour, use the contact for info.

If your budget is not big enough for of authentic pigeon's blood ruby jewelry, acceptable substitutes and synthetic replacements are easy to find and you can be almost sure no one will see the difference anyway since most synthetic rubies cannot be distinguished from their genuine counterparts unless a expert is looking at them. The probability to get cheated with false rubies is very high in Thailand

However its turned or twisted rubies are some of the most popular gemstone in the world. The color of rubies ranges from pink to pigeon blood, this color is the most valuable. Rubies belong to the mineral group corundum which is also the mineral group for another popular gemstone, the sapphire.

As with other gemstone, there are different factors to determining the price and quality of rubies. The prices of rubies are determined by its color and clarity. The more saturated the red and more clearer the ruby is, the higher the price fetched will be. The other factors are the cut and the ruby's size in carat, this are the parameter to determine the ruby rings, pendant, earrings, bracelets and other ruby jewelry.

In terms of hardness, the diamond is on top with a mohs scale of 10 while the ruby's hardness is 9. In 1960 Theodore Maiman has successfully made the first laser and this laser was based on a ruby which opened up a whole new field of technical applications for rubies, but this has been taken over by synthetic rubies with similar properties than natural rubies but much cheaper.

You can find a ruby gemstone at internet shops, jewelry shops and jewelry auctions.