Coloured gems, particularly rubies, continue to fuel human rights abuses in Myanmar and are likely to be sold across the world this Christmas by some of the best-known luxury brands, a new report ...

The top lot is the Red Dragon, a 6.43-carat Burmese ruby and diamond ring estimated at $1 million to $1.5 million. The exceptional purplish-red color is natural (many rubies are heat-treated). It is ...

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 ...

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 ...