myanmar-gems

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, it has long been undervalued. Spinel has a long history...

March 2008 Top quality local Peridot in any sizes and cuts for wholesale and retail market.

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 sapphire’s basic hue ranges from blue to violet. Under...

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 century. The finest jewelry houses have used mogok rubies...

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 comparison to similar stones. The same is true of clarity and cut....

Grading Vs. Pricing R ecently, 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 every gem has different appearances as in cut, color,...

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 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 Collection of Gold and 925 Silver Jewelry with all natural colored...

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 to the "blood from the right ventricle" or the first two...