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Mozambique: The New Force in Fine Ruby

2009.Montepuez.Few predictedhow fast this would riseto rival Myanmar.Within a decade,it did.A Modern Discovery on Ancient GroundThe Mozambique Belt —the same belt as Madagascar. Kenya. Tanzania.Amp...

Mogok: Myanmar's Thousand-Year Valley of Rubies

Central Myanmar.The mountains.For over a thousand years,the Valley of Rubies.Not marketing.Geology.A Deposit Built on MarbleAncient limestone.Heat. Pressure.Mountain-building, over time.Marble —nat...

Ruby: Corundum's Rarest Expression of Red

Ruby is corundum,the same species as sapphire.One element makes the difference.Chromium.It gives the red.It gives the rarity.An Element That Cuts Both WaysChromium colors.Chromium also fractures.Fi...