The newly uncovered ruby is being described as one of the largest and most valuable stones found in Myanmar in decades, ...

A giant 11,000-carat ruby has been discovered in Myanmar's war-torn Mogok valley.

More than 4,000 naturally occurring minerals—inorganic solids that have a characteristic chemical composition and specific crystal structure—have been found on Earth. They are formed of simple ...

GIA studied more than 400 important gemstones from the Gübelin Collection and is committed to sharing this repository of gemological information. This work is a valuable resource for all students, ...

An overview of the geographic origin complexities facing the gem and jewelry industry today. Over the last two decades, knowledge of the formation of gem deposits has improved significantly. This ...

On the road to Civil Rights, even children became public figures, such as six-year-old Ruby Bridges, who integrated an all-white elementary school in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. Four years later ...

Miners in Myanmar have discovered a massive ruby, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the country.

On November 14, 1960, a 6-year-old girl walked into William J. Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. That seemingly mundane moment would shake the community and change the city forever. Path to ...

The noticeable feature of the phase transformation from corundum to Rh 2 O 3 (II) is the lowering of symmetry and differentiation of the bond lengths, suggesting further d -level electronic splitting ...

Rebecca has been leading our food and drink testing for over five years. She oversees rigorous blind taste tests of more than 250 products a year, covering everything from olive oil and chocolate to ...

Ruby Herring Mysteries is a Hallmark series of mystery movies that started airing in 2019 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. The movie series follows an intrepid redheaded news reporter and a reluctant, ...