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The Republic of North Macedonia is the only country in mainland Europe to have naturally occurring rubies. They can mainly be found around the city of Prilep. Macedonian rubies have a unique raspberry color. [12] A few rubies have been found in the U.S. states of Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wyoming. [13] Spinel, another red ...
National Museum of Natural History [3] DeLong Star Ruby: Burma: 1930 100.32 carats (20.064 g) American Museum of Natural History [4] Garrard's Red Ruby Burma: 40.63 carats (8.126 g) [5] Sunrise Ruby: 25.59 carats (5.118 g) [6] Carmen Lúcia Ruby: Burma: 1930s 23.1 carats (4.62 g) National Museum of Natural History [7] Elizabeth Taylor Ruby
[5]: 431–707 Sapphire and rubies are often found in the same geographical settings, but they generally have different geological formations. For example, both ruby and sapphire are found in Myanmar's Mogok Stone Tract, but the rubies form in marble, while the sapphire forms in granitic pegmatites or corundum syenites. [5]: 403–429
Rubies are the biggest earner; 90% of the world's rubies come from the country, whose red stones are prized for their purity and hue. Thailand buys the majority of the country's gems. Myanmar's "Valley of Rubies", the mountainous Mogok area, 200 km (120 mi) north of Mandalay, is noted for its rare pigeon's blood rubies and blue sapphires. [291]
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The Sunrise Ruby. The Sunrise Ruby [1] [2] [3] has been the world's most expensive ruby, most expensive coloured gemstone, and most expensive gemstone other than a diamond [2] [3] [4] until the discovery of the Estrela de Fura. Originally mined in Myanmar, its current name is derived from a poem of the same name, written by the 13th-century ...
Mogok is believed to be founded in 1217 by three lost Shan hunters who discovered rubies at the base of a collapsed mountain later known as Kyee Arr Taung. [4] According to the oral history, the hunters returned to their home in Momeik and offered the precious stones to the local saopha who established a village in what would become modern-day Mogok.
The Prince of Burma is an uncut ruby, crystallized on a marble deposit, weighing 190 g (approximately 950 carat), and, for the most part, of gem quality.One of the biggest and rarest rubies in the world [citation needed], it was found in the Dattaw-Mine in Mogok, Myanmar, in 1996.