Burmese Ruby Gemstone Star Myanmar Rubies.

A Burmese ruby is not only a beautiful gem, it also be considered a very high and long lasting investment since the ruby resources are dwindling on planet earth. In recent years only in Madagascar new ruby mines opened and their output is very little because of only minimal investment into ruby mining. A Burmese ruby ring could be considered to be a very good solution when you want to do your darling something real good, beside of the other stuff. About rubies much has been said bet this is eternal true. Gemstone like rubies are so attractive and gets a high level of attention, just think about this great ruby and diamond ring around, what could be a better ruby jewelry ?

Myanmar Ruby Gemstone & Star Ruby
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       Mogok Rubies & Ruby Gemstone

Myanmar Ruby = Burmese Ruby

Myanmar rubies

could be another good investment since as mentioned before good natural ruby have a high value and this value wont disappear. Of a ruby the star ruby version is very special, just the same like a great star sapphire. Actually rubies and sapphires are the same minerals, only the color is different. Low quality rubies are sometimes taken and the red is enhanced by heat treatment. If you ever buy a expensive ruby have the stone be examined in a independent lab before you pay. Never believe any gemstone seller or jewelry dealer a single word, cheating is a part of this business, there is no way around, whatever they tell to you, that includes a star ruby.

In our website you can find plenty of ruby information, about ruby jewelry, ruby rings, loose rubies and more. Resources of Myanmar precious ruby gemstones are not exploited at large scale and practically no downstream  business in this market is done locally. That means the real money with all kind of ruby jewelry, such as rings, ruby earring, necklaces and ruby gemstones is done at the gem dealer side. A ruby gemstone pendant would also be not so bad and there are many variants.

Mogok rubies

are well known since centuries but a star ruby is still rather rare. This town in central Myanmar is somehow the center of the red stone mining. Mogok is about 120km north of Mandalay in central Myanmar and is the main mining area for Myanmar rubies. A Mogok ruby is well known in the as a great gem. Mogok is almost a synonym for rubies, gem market and mining in Myanmar - Burma. Beautiful Mogok Lake lies in the centre of town, with a hotel on a silt island and around. The area around the Chanthargyi Pagoda on a small hill provides a great panorama of Mogok Town, the lake and the surrounding hills.

Myanmar rubies

always come from Mogok are a showcase of the ethnic minorities in Myanmar - Burma. All kind of tribes like Lisus, Shans, Gurkhas, Kachins, Bamars, Chinese, Shan are there and try to get their share of the 'ruby cake'. Read more about Myanmar ruby here.

The best and most valuable ruby gemstone is of "pigeon blood" color, that is a rich red, usually they are mined in Mogok, to top this could be a star ruby. The word Mogok comes from the Bamar 

What about some beautiful beads as body decoration.

People don’t always go for cut and polished precious stones, often gemstone beads are preferred for certain purposes those are just the right body decoration. Most used are semi precious beads those have a good market and a sustainable selling and buying is almost for sure. Some of the most the best selling items are jade beads since they look good and usually are not very expensive also plenty of different colors are available with jade. Real precious stones beads are rather seldom since beads are always used in a larger amount such as in a chain and that gets quickly expensive when more than 10 are used. Probably the most used precious stones in bead form are pearls that are the nature of the item. Tanzanite, aquamarine, and amethyst are probably the most used semi precious stones beside of lower priced jades.

For almost all fashion clothing and not only fashion clothes different colors are demanded for this task again jade is probably the most versatile because of the different colors available but for certain purposes ruby beads or sapphire beads are ideal, it really depends on the occasion to wear them and the color.  Jewelry made using the best fitting gemstone can really enhance the overall appearance significantly.

Heat treatment melts

the natural inclusions in a ruby. Means, it you don't see any inclusions its a good indication the the stone has been heat treated. Ruby have very often flaws and cracks which are hidden with all kind of tricks, by applying special oils, waxes and resins. Myanmar or Burma rubies do fluoresce under ultra-violet light and some top quality rubies will also fluoresce in daylight. A good way to find a synthetic ruby is their very strong fluorescence. Ruby heat treatment is very common with rubies especially with stones that would not normally be of gem quality. The whole simply means take a low valuable ruby into the oven, apply extreme pressure on it and out of the oven comes a perfect ruby matching the most valuable.

A star ruby forms the star when rutile needles align

this can display a six-ray star, known as asterism, a cat's eye effect is also possible in rubies but this is very rare.

Myanmar or Burma "Pigeon blood"

red ruby gemstones are usually the most valuable. Thai rubies usually are Myanmar rubies, either imported from Myanmar or -mostly- smuggled. The main trading place for Myanmar rubies are Bangkok and Chanthaburi. The inclusions a ruby contains can indicate the place where they come from. Myanmar or Burma ruby very often have inclusions of rutile, olivine and Spinel. Ancient Hindu's referred to rubies as the Lord of Gems and for centuries it has been mixed up Spinel. Red Corundum is called the

ruby, other color of corundum is a sapphire. Rubies are second in terms of hardness only to the Diamond. The best way to clean your ruby jewelry is with a toothbrush soap and warm water, do avoid chemical cleaners as this could have an adverse effect on any oils used to treat your gemstone, however it is also safe to use a steam or ultra-sonic cleaner.

Rubies have beside of jewelry, loose rubies and bearings in watches plus light generation for laser some more applications one of this are so called gem paintings where the usual colors are substituted by various gems among them rubies, jade and other semi precious stones means instead of daubing paint on a canvas or board gem studs are glued on it.

The art of gems painting

Burma gem painting is somehow a small industry with different centers, among them is Sagaing, Yangon and Mandalay, gems usually come from the Mogok mines. Colored stones used are, red and pink rubies, for blue copper sulphate crystals are used. For white its calcite or moonstone, for green olivine and peridot, for black citrine is used. To bring yellow in is done with zircon or a yellow variety of topaz or quartz is used, for violet and purple amethyst is used. Also jade, coral and pearls are used when appropriate. Prices are according to the value of the gems used, its sometimes a nice decoration in an office or home.

Diamonds might

be the girl’s best friend, but nothing beats a piece of ruby jewelry, its red but often with a slight blue hue. So whatever the occasion, ruby jewelry can mark the occasion with a touch of heart and soul giving that person a timeless treasure, ruby gem.