At 23.1 carats, the gem is one of the largest Burmese rubies in the world. Chip Clark/National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution We don't need Wagner or Tolkien to tell us how ...

The rich red hue of Myanmar's prized rubies is a reminder to many gem dealers of the military government's bloody crackdown on democracy advocates, and talk of a boycott is increasing. "There is a ...

Before the holiday season, Los Angeles-based jeweler Suzanne Kalan made trips to the U.K. and Bahrain to showcase the samples in her Burmese ruby collection that will hit upscale retail and online ...

Pop megastar Rihanna has been receiving a good deal of criticism for her performance during the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show. However, it was not due to her performance, but because of a ring that ...

A 10.33-carat Burmese ruby sold for an impressive $5.5 million after a six-minute bidding war among two bidders on the phone and one in the New York saleroom at Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels auction.

QUEEN MATHILDE OF BELGIUM hardly ever wears her engagement ring, choosing instead to wear a ring from her 10th wedding anniversary. But what did her original engagement ring look like? Queen Mathilde ...

A rare 10.05-carat ruby will be the lead item at Christie’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels sale on November 29. Known as the “Ratnaraj” (“King of Precious Stones” in Sanskrit), the auction house says it ...

Jewellers have made it easy to buy a diamond while keeping your conscience clean. They’ve adopted a passport system showing the origin of every stone, so you can be sure that your hard-earned money ...