San Diego Union-Tribune

Rare Burmese ruby sells for $30.3 million at auction

GENEVA (AP) — 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.
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How one of Queen Elizabeth II's most dazzling tiaras traces its history to the Nizam of Hyderabad, one of the wealthiest people to ever live

The Burmese Ruby tiara's history dates back to a wedding gift to Queen Elizabeth from the Nizam of Hyderabad, who was born on this week in 1886 ...
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Burma ruby : a history of Mogok's rubies from antiquity to the present / by S.K. Samuels

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The New York Times

Burmese Rubies: Costly and Controversial

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 ...