Fine-color, large, and eye-clean (lacking visible inclusions) rubies like this 11.01carat (ct) stone from Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) are extremely rare and valuable. – Photo: Robert Weldon/GIA.

Fine-color, large, and eye-clean (lacking visible inclusions) rubies like this 11.01carat (ct) stone from Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) are extremely rare and valuable. – Photo: Robert Weldon/GIA.

Luckily, she was presented with a selection of rubies from the people of Burma for her wedding. Taking these rubies—96, to be precise—and combining them with a selection of diamonds, the Queen ...

Burmese rubies come from the Mogok Valley in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and are prized for their rarity and exceptional color. The best examples, like this one, have a hue often called “Pigeon’s ...

Burmese rubies come from the Mogok Valley in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and are prized for their rarity and exceptional color. The best examples, like this one, have a hue often called "Pigeon's ...

with the gold from its conquests in the New World and the rubies, which could have been imported from either Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Ceylon or Afghanistan. The salamander is based on a real ...