Posted on 05/09/2026 8:29:32 PM PDT by Red Badger
Miners in Myanmar have discovered a rare ruby of enormous size, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the conflict-battered Southeast Asian nation, state media reported Friday.
The ruby, measuring 11,000 carats (2.2 kilograms, or 4.8 pounds), was unearthed near the town of Mogok, in the upper Mandalay region, the heartland of the lucrative gem-mining industry that has recently experienced intense fighting in the country’s wide-ranging civil war.
According to a report from the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar, the newly found rough ruby was discovered in mid-April, just after the traditional New Year festival.
While it weighs roughly half the weight of a 21,450-carat (4.29 kilograms, or 9.45 pounds) stone found in 1996, the new discovery is considered more valuable due to its superior color and quality. It is described as having a purplish-red hue with yellowish undertones, a high-quality color grade, moderate transparency and a highly reflective surface.
Myanmar produces as much as 90% of the world’s rubies, primarily from the areas of Mogok and Mong Hsu. Gemstones, both legitimately traded and smuggled, are a major source of revenue for Myanmar. Human rights activists and organizations such as the Britain-based research and lobbying group Global Witness have urged jewelers to stop purchasing gems sourced from Myanmar, as the industry has served as a vital revenue stream for its military governments over several decades.
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Looks like a failed baking experiment using too much red dye.
Looks like a giant strawberry...............
One of my sisters is named Ruby. She was born right around the time that song was on the radios of America!................
Aww, that’s just a rotting strawberry!
Nice to display in your rock collection, but doesn’t look to be a gem.
My birth stone. Neat-o….
Blood rubies?
It has fairly obviously had nail polish put on it to enhance the color. Looks like they tried at least two different shades, maybe three, before they settled on the best color..
That said , the stone has potential to be a pretty decent “Star Ruby” if properly oriented when cut and polished.
Seriously.
Kinda ugly.
Mine too but my mom gave me a garnet ring when I was a kid because rubies are too ugly.
Somewhere I have a big ruby set in silver that’s just hideous.
Pretty much just an interesting rock and little more
Looks like something I pulled out of a big fish I catch at the coast.
“ moderate transparency”
Cloudy and boring.
Diamonds.
Rubies.
Emeralds.
Meh
Show me a big chunk of polished Baltic amber with cool inclusions and I’ll get excited.
So how much is it worth? Without that info the article is useless.
Dang!
That’s where I lost it...
Best‑case: large carat-sized pigeon‑blood rubies of highest quality like this one will fetch $100,000–$1Million+ per carat.
In other words, this 11,000 carat Mogok ruby from Mandalay, when cut and polished expertly, will sell for five to six billions of dollars ($5-6,000,000,000).
Get out.
Million per carat? So many times more valuable than diamonds?
I found 2-50000k but that was cut, imagine alot of that stone would be lost in cutting
Still pretty wild
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