Where Are Natural Rubies Found?

Rubies are a pink to blood-red coloured gemstone. Their red colour is usually made by the presence of chromium within the stone. The ruby is one of the four precious stones, along with sapphires, emeralds and diamonds. 

The Mogok Valley in Upper Myanmar (Burma) was the world’s main source for rubies for many years. It is known to have produced some of the most spectacular rubies ever mined over time, however, in more recent years the number of stunning rubies found here has dramatically declined. The best coloured rubies in this area were often known as “pigeon’s blood”. Mong Hsu, an area in the centre of Myanmar, began producing rubies during the 1990s. Rapidly after this it became the main ruby mining area in the world.

Many other places all over the world have also been known to find stunning rubies such as in Burma, the Pailin and Samlout District of Cambodia,Thailand, Colombia, India, Afghanistan, Namibia, Japan, Australia, Pakistan, Brazil and Scotland. Lighter shades of rubies are more commonly mined from Sri Lanka. Once the Second World War was over, ruby deposits were found in a variety of places including Tanzania, Madagascar, Vietnam, Nepal, Tajikistan and Pakistan. Over the years, rubies have also been found in U.S.states such as Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wyoming. More recently, large deposits of rubies have been found in Greenland.

Republic of Macedonia is the only country in mainland Europe to have naturally occurring rubies. The rubies found here are often a light raspberry colour and are mainly collected around the city of Prilep.

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