Burma Ruby

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1 Attributes 2 Color 3 Cut 4 Treatments 5 Sources 6 Mythology

Burma Ruby or Burmese Ruby is known as the top red variety in the corundum family. Burmese rubies have been one of the world's most valued gemstone for many centuries. Blood Red Burma ruby has been used in the crowns and jewelry of kings and noblemen since they were first discovered. The pigeon blood red Gemstone of passion and of smoldering desire, Burma rubies have been treasured for thousands of years. There are square, pear, trillion, cabochon, round, emerald cut, oval, cushion, and heart shaped cut Burmese rubies in many color nuances, which include a pink red ruby to an intense vivid pigeon blood red Burma ruby.

Fine Burma Rubies, especially Burmese ruby are among the rarest and most expensive gemstones in the world. Prized for their beauty, durability, and rarity, it is the quality of the color which most determines the value of the stones. The pigeon blood red Burma Ruby stone color is that of a red traffic light, a highly fluorescent red of high intensity. Demand for gem quality Burma Ruby has always been strong with mining records from Burmese gemstones dating back almost 500 years. Officially, ruby, jade, other minerals and gems are Burma’s (Myanmar's) fifth-largest export, but government statistics are notoriously unreliable. Official ruby gem and jade sales are sold at Myanmar’s gem auctions, but hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gems are leaking across borders to China, Thailand, and India every year, selling at open market prices.

Burmese Rubies are considered the best, for one simple reason - their color. The most famous localities for Burma Rubies are in the districts around Mogok in northern Burma and at Mong Hsu about 250km east of Mandalay. Burmese Rubies are known for their fine fluorescent red color in any kind of light. The red color of Burma stones is often said, to be pigeon’s blood red. Many of the Rubies are bright red and may contain traces of blue or pink. Burma Rubies are rarely clean and the prices for Burma Ruby are higher than that of Rubies from any other deposits.

The prices and value of Burma Ruby can vary tremendously, depending on the size and quality of the gemstone. AJS Gems is your source for the highest quality Burmese Ruby and many other precious colored stones from across the globe, available at Bangkok direct wholesale prices. Your gorgeous gemstone from AJS Gems is sure to impress when set into jewelry, be it a platinum mans ring, a lovely yellow gold ladies ring, a silver pendant necklace or white gold earrings sold as a matched set. Our loose gem stones are used to create the finest gemstone jewelry - You will positively love setting your loose cut gems into yellow gold, white gold, silver or platinum jewelry, whether your design or your jeweler's creation. Discover the thrill of designing your own unique top quality rings, earrings, pendants, wedding sets, or that special bracelet necklace set to be given as a loving gift to that special someone in your life. Creating the finest jewelry starts with finding the best gemstones, and the best gemstones are found at AJS Gems.

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When buying your gemstone loose instead of a pre-set stone, you can be sure you are getting the best value for your money. Loose gemstones are less expensive, a better value, and you can really see what you are paying for. The most important part of getting the right price and finding the best value is to first see what you're getting. A jewelry setting will hide the inclusions inside a gem, and can deepen or brighten its color. With a loose stone you can much more easily inspect the gem and see it for what it really is. In this way you can get a better idea of its true worth and be sure you are paying a fair price.

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Burmese rubies are the best rubies in the world and the most sought after. To put it simply, Burmese ruby is the standard by which all other rubies are judged. We here at AJS Gems specialize in Burma ruby and carry a wonderful selection of these fine gems. At AJS Gems, you will find a large collection of Fine Quality Wholesale cut loose Burma Ruby gemstones to help add beauty, passion and maybe even a little love to your life...

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Attributes

Origin	Burma, Burmese, Myanmar
Color	red, blood red, vivid red, pigeon blood red, pinkish red, orangey red, loose Burmese ruby gemstones come in all shades of red.
Refractive Index	1.759-1.778
Chemical Composition	AL2O3
Hardness	9
Density	4
Crystal Structure	Trigonal
Zodiac Sign	Leo
Planet	Sun
Month	January
Anniversary	5th and 45th

Sapphire and Burma Ruby are both corundum, Sapphires are corundum of all colors except red. Red corundum is called ruby, Burmese ruby comes from Burma. Although pure corundum is colorless, sapphire results from a combination of titanium and iron oxides. Sapphire is one of the most important of all the loose colored gemstones and comes in a wide verity of colors: blue, pink, yellow, green, purple, orange, padparadscha, blue green, lemon yellow, color change, and black color. With a hardness of 9 on the Moh's scale, loose cut sapphires and rubies are extremely hard tough and durable, they are suitable for use in any kind of jewelry. Blue, pink and yellow sapphire and Burma Ruby are more familiar and treasured than almost any other gemstone variety.

Most gems have a crystalline structure. Crystals have planes of symmetry and are divided into seven symmetry systems. The number of axes, their length, and their angle to each other determine the system to which a crystal belongs. Burma Rubies and Sapphires which are both members of the corundum family have the same trigonal crystalline structure because they have three planes of symmetry and four axes. Three axes are at 60 degrees to each other in the same plane. The fourth axis is perpendicular and unequal in length to the other three. The form of a ruby's crystals depends on the variety and locality. Rubies may have an uneven or a conchoidal fracture but no real cleavage. The amount of light reflected at the surface of a gemstone is its luster, and Burma rubies have a glassy (vitreous) luster as opposed to the waxy, greasy, or resinous luster of other stones.

The basic chemical formula is AL2O3; this is the same for both ruby and sapphire. It is the presence of trace elements like chromium, iron, vanadium and titanium which are responsible for the wide range of colors in which the mineral occurs. The red color in Burma Ruby is primarily a result of the presence of chromium. Red Burma corundum is known as Ruby and any other color is called a sapphire. In practice however, the determination is not always so straight forward because there are no internationally accepted standards for the color of a ruby. Gemologists could describe the same Burma stone as a pinkish red ruby or a pinkish red sapphire and borderline cases are not uncommon.

Burma ruby's passionate color is just one reason for this gemstone's popularity. As with all corundum, it's also extremely durable, having a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale. Burmese ruby has a specific gravity of 4.00, a refractive index of 1.76 - 1.78, and birefringence of 0.008. The refractive index (RI), measured using a refractometer, is an indication of the amount light rays are bent by a mineral. Birefringence is the difference between the minimum and maximum RI. When birefringence is high, light rays reflect off different parts of the back of a stone causing an apparent doubling of the back facets when viewed through the front facet.

Gem quality Burmese rubies are rare and rarely large, clean stones are always a rarity and prices usually the highest in the gem world.

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Color

Color is the single most important factor in determining the value of a Burma ruby. Indeed, the color of a ruby is more important than its clarity. Burmese rubies are rarely clean and even very expensive stones can be slightly included. Subtle differences in color can make great variations in valuations of fine Burma rubies. Fine loose Burmese rubies of good color and clarity are always rare and valuable. Highly saturated medium or medium dark red tones are best, rubies which are too dark or too light are worth considerably less.

The word ruby comes from the Latin word for red -- ruber. They are a form of corundum which is colorless in its pure state. The red Burma color is produced by small traces of chromium. Traces of iron make the color browner. Although Burmese, African, Thai and Cambodian rubies have the same chemical and physical properties, they differ noticeably in color and hue, with Burma Burmese red ruby being the top of the line gemstones… Burma ruby displays a true red to pinkish red color in most kinds of light. African, Thai and Cambodian rubies are usually much darker and browner in color, similar to garnet.

Cut

Ovals, rounds, cushions and emeralds are the most common cuts for Burmese ruby, due to the typical shape of sapphire rough. Other popular Burmese ruby shapes include pears, briolettes, hearts and marquises. Star rubies are cut into the cabochon shape in order to develop and properly display the star effect. Fibers or fibrous cavities within a star ruby reflect the light which causes a star to appear within the stone. A six-ray star ruby has three sets of parallel fibers. Skilled cutters can sometimes create a 12-ray star ruby but they are rare.

Treatments

The heating of Burma Rubies and Sapphires is quite common and an accepted enhancement process (when no other color enhancing elements are added) this can improve the transparency and the color of the stones in a natural way. Techniques range from simply throwing gems into a fire to be cooked to employing sophisticated electric or gas furnaces at specific pressures and atmospheric conditions. The treatment of Burma ruby is permanent and heated stones do not require special care. We at AJS Gems, wash and re-cut all our rubies so they have no surface pits filled with any glass-like material (glass fill). We sell only Natural Gemstones.

New treatments which are used to produce blue, pink, orange and yellow sapphire stones are more controversial. This new treatment is a heat-diffusion process which is stable and may or may not completely penetrate the stone. The color is achieved through a process which includes the addition of foreign elements to achieve the desired color alteration. We at AJS Gems will always disclose this treatment.

To find a fine red ruby from Mogok that has not undergone high temperature enhancement is to find a truly rare and prized gem indeed...

AJS Gems fully discloses any and all treatments to our gemstones.

Sources

The most famous source of top quality rubies known to mankind is the Mogok Stone tract of Burma (Myanmar). This has remained the world’s premier source of gem grade rubies for over 800 years. While fine examples can be found in Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and a few other sources, none can compare with the purity and intensity of the finest “pigeon blood” rubies of Burma.

About 650 kilometers north of the Burmese capital Rangoon (Yangoon) in the Katha district of Northern Burma, lies a 180 square kilometer zone consisting of heavily jungled hills, several ethnic groups, and what is arguably one of the most picturesque regions in the entire country. For several centuries the region has seen lots more human blood spilt that pigeon’s blood in the quest of the prized “padamya” the Burmese term for ruby.

Other terms for ruby such as the Thai word “taubptim” are also derived from the word for the pomegranate fruit. Traditionally, the Burmese have referred to the finest hue of ruby as “pigeon’s blood” (ko-twe), a term which may be of Chinese origin. Top quality color was described as that of a drop of blood (drawn from an artery) on a highly polished silver plate.

Rubies from Mogok owe their intense beauty to two different optical effects. First is the purity and saturation of the red color common to these rare gems. Second is the often strong flourescent reaction to ultraviolet light which adds a red glow to the gems when viewed in natural light. Put the two together and you have an unbeatable combination of color sources resulting in a glowing red not found elsewhere in nature.

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Mythology

The myths, legends, beliefs, superstitions, traditions and symbolism associated with burma ruby and sapphire have been numerous...

Legend has it that the first person to wear Sapphire was Prometheus, the rival of Zeus, who took the gemstone from Cacaus, where he also stole fire from heaven for man.

Known as the "Gem of Heaven", the ancient Persians believed Sapphires were a chip from the pedestal that supported the earth, and that its reflections gave the sky its colors.

Tradition holds that Moses was given the Ten Commandments on tablets of sapphire, making it the most sacred gemstone. Because blue sapphires represent divine favor, they were the gemstone of choice for kings and high priests. The British Crown Jewels are full of large blue sapphires, the symbol of pure and wise rulers.

The guardians of innocence, Sapphires symbolize truth, sincerity and faithfulness, and are thought to bring peace, joy and wisdom to their owners. In ancient times it was believed that when the wearer of a Sapphire faced challenging obstacles, the gem's power enabled them to find the correct solution.

In India it was believed that a Sapphire immersed in water formed an elixir that could cure the bite of scorpions and snakes. Alternatively, if it were worn as a talisman pendant, it would protect the wearer against evil spirits.

The following legend is Burmese in origin and highlights Sapphires‘ connection with faithfulness: “Eons ago Tsun-Kyan-Kse, a golden haired goddess with Sapphire blue eyes, presided lovingly over the temple of Lao-Tsun. Everyday, the temple‘s chief monk Mun-Ha, meditated before the golden goddess accompanied by his devoted companion, a green-eyed cat named Sinh. One day the temple was besieged by a group of terrible outlaws. When they threw Mun-Ha to the floor, Sinh leapt fiercely at the bandits, jumping up on his master‘s chest to protect him. The wrong doers fled screaming in fear, never to return and in gratitude for his courage, the golden goddess awarded Sinh with her Sapphire blue eyes. To this day, Sinh‘s ancestors guard over the temple.” The temple still stands and is populated by Siamese cat‘s with striking blue eyes (typically this breed has green eyes).

For hundreds of years Blue Sapphires were the popular choice for engagement and wedding rings.

Burma Ruby has been the world's most valued gemstone for thousands of years. It was said to be the most precious of the twelve stones God created when he created all things and this "Lord of Gems" was placed on Aaron's neck by God's command.

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