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Written for buyers who wire real money to dealers they have not met. Each guide sets out what the paperwork should say, what disclosure looks like and where the risk actually sits.

Origin

Ruby origin: Burma and Mozambique

Two names anchor the modern ruby market. Burma, present-day Myanmar, supplied the stones against which all others have been measured for centuries, above all from the Mogok Stone Tract.

4 min readUpdated Sep 2, 2026