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Treasures of the Earth

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Geographic Origin:
Mogok - Burma (Myanmar)

Treatments:
No Treatments (Unheated/Untreated)

Gemologist's Comments on Color:
Rutile silk clouds in the stone may cause a silvery sheen on some portions of the stone in certain lighting conditions.

Transparency:
Transparent with Milkiness

Clarity Grade:
Not Applicable

Gemologist's Comments on Clarity:
Due to their natural growth conditions and recovery methods, rubies from Burma (Myanmar) commonly have features such as growth tubes, fingerprint inclusions, rutile silk clouds, and other microscopic inclusions that may affect the transmission of light to a certain extent. For this reason, despite being fully transparent, Burmese rubies may not show luster & scintillation as prominently as rubies from other localities.

The features seen in the stone's pavilion are naturally occurring rough, unpolished surface areas. When cutting & polishing rubies, it's a common practice to intentionally keep certain portions of the stone in the natural, rough, unpolished form, particularly in the pavilion/bottom of the stone. This is done to preserve the carat weight and maintain the stone's overall shape/symmetry. Such minor external features are commonly seen in most natural & unheated/untreated rubies, especially ones from Burma. Since they are located in the pavilion, they don't affect the stone's clarity, face-up appearance, or luster.

This item is accompanied by the following gemological report. We will ship the original report along with the item.

Gemmological Institute of India report # ORG-20100207-003

• The accompanying GII report authenticates this gemstone as a "Natural Ruby" of "Burma" origin with a comment stating "No indication of thermal enhancement".