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 ...

GENEVA | A rare Burmese ruby in a platinum ring with diamonds sold for $30.3 million at auction, setting a world auction record for any ruby and for any stone by Cartier, according to Sotheby's. The ...

The gems are second only to colored diamonds in value, but their troubled provenance has made them an anathema to many. By Nazanin Lankarani Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has long been a producer ...

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 ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Leonard Joel has been busy building a reputation as the auction house of big-ticket jewels and million-dollar-plus diamonds. It ...

When British soldiers conquered Burma in 1885, they gave the last king hours to pack. Many of his treasures - heirlooms from a millennium of monarchy- were seized and sent to Britain. But the most ...