How does Vietnamese ruby compare to Burmese ruby? Learn about the "Red Treasure" of Vietnam and why even experts can misidentify ruby origins.
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Phuong Thu Lê is a third-generation Vietnamese gemstone trader. Her grandfather brought her father, Le Van Hoan, to the famed Luc Yen mining area as a teenager. There, they started a small gem trading business in the late 1980s.
Phuong and her family decided to name their exceptional 6.91-ct unheated pigeon’s blood ruby the “Red Treasure” of Vietnam. It was cut from a 10.87-ct rough from the Billion Hill mine in the Nghe An Province, a few hundred kilometers southwest of Hanoi.
When describing the “Red Treasure,” fifth-generation Mogok ruby dealer Miemie Tin Htut of Silken East Co., Ltd. in Bangkok commented:
This 6.91-ct Vietnamese ruby is very reminiscent of the highly fluorescent, vivid pigeon’s blood red colors produced from the renowned Baw Lone Gyi mine in Mogok, Burma.
Phuong reports that top labs in Switzerland
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Phuong Thu Lê is a third-generation Vietnamese gemstone trader. Her grandfather brought her father, Le Van Hoan, to the famed Luc Yen mining area as a teenager. There, they started a small gem trading business in the late 1980s.
Phuong and her family decided to name their exceptional 6.91-ct unheated pigeon’s blood ruby the “Red Treasure” of Vietnam. It was cut from a 10.87-ct rough from the Billion Hill mine in the Nghe An Province, a few hundred kilometers southwest of Hanoi.
…When describing the “Red Treasure,” fifth-generation Mogok ruby dealer Miemie Tin Htut of Silken East Co., Ltd. in Bangkok commented:
This 6.91-ct Vietnamese ruby is very reminiscent of the highly fluorescent, vivid pigeon’s blood red colors produced from the renowned Baw Lone Gyi mine in Mogok, Burma.
Phuong reports that top labs in Switzerland
How does Vietnamese ruby compare to Burmese ruby? Learn about the "Red Treasure" of Vietnam and why even experts can misidentify ruby origins.
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