myanmar-gems

some pictures of my last Mogok trip (02/12/2008 )
Spinel (09/08/2008 publié dans : Spinel )

SPINEL * What better-known gem is spinel often mistaken for? Spinel is frequently confused with ruby, but it’s a gem that can stand on its own merits. Even though its color can equal ruby’s red, ...
Myanmar Gem Market Availability: (29/03/2008 )

March 2008 Top quality local Peridot in any sizes and cuts for wholesale and retail market.
Phenomenal corundum (rubies & sapphires) (29/03/2008 )

Color change sapphire Color-change sapphires are corundum’s chameleons---stones that change colors under different lighting. Under daylight-equivalent (fluorescent) light, the typical color-change ...
Past and present ruby mines in Myanmar (Burma) (16/02/2008 )

PAST AND PRESENT RUBY SOURCES OF MYANMAR Mogok and Mai Hsu, Myanmar Historically, Mogok, Myanmar, is the most important ruby source. The deposits there have produced rubies since the fifteenth ...
Grading Vs. pricing part2 (30/11/2007 )

II. BALANCING QUALITY FACTORS You have already understood to grade each quality factor separately. You can now judge the stone’s color, for example, and determine its effect on beauty in ...
Grading vs Pricing part1 (06/11/2007 )

Grading Vs. Pricing Recently, quite a number of people have asked me for the buying prices for gems mostly from Myanmar. I could only tell you the recent market prices in proximity since each and ...
Beautiful rough Ruby from Mogok (23/10/2007 )

I just want to show you this beauty of a very special rock from Mogok. In this business, you see and learn every single day...
My Shop opening soon (16/10/2007 )

My shop will be opening on the 3rd of November 2007 Loupe Colored Stone and Jewelry Shop No 75, Nawarut Building, Bogyoke Market, Bogyoke Road, Pabedan Township, Yangon. Tel : +951 720-636 ...
Pigeon's Blood Ruby (16/10/2007 )

The red of ruby has been described in countless imaginative ways from centuries such as "pomegranate like" or "ruby red". Blood is another symbol of ruby's color. Descriptions have compared ruby ...
Buying gems in Burma (07/09/2007 )

When dealing with gems in Burma, you have to be aware of the habits of local trading. The concern is how much the seller can get and not how much the stone is worth. It is a bargaining game that ...
Mogok, the jewel of gems (06/09/2007 )

Reference to rubies from the region of Mogok has been made since centuries but the first European account came from the 15th century. In the legends surrounding this place, Marco Polo and Sindbad ...
Some sapphires from Mogok (03/09/2007 )

After the parcel of rubies, I just wanted to show you some beautiful sapphires from Mogok. The color is actually better with my camera for the blue but it is still far from their real beauty... ...
Some rubies from Mogok (03/09/2007 )

Here you got some rubies coming from the famous burmese region of Mogok Mines in the North of Myanmar. Around a carat each, this parcel looks actually less pinkish in real. Some broker do use a ...
Imitations Gems Part 2 (02/09/2007 )

ASSEMBLED STONES When manufacturers glue or fuse two or more separate pieces of material together to form a unit, the result is called an assembled stone. (Assembled stones are also known as ...
Imitations gems (30/08/2007 )

IMITATION GEMS How imitation gems different from synthetic gems? What different kinds of materials can serve as gem imitations? Imitations are all around us. A woman might wear an inexpensive ...

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