Burma No-Heat Ruby and Diamond Ring
Regular price
$390,000
This contemporary three stone ring is set with an oval-cut Burma no-heat ruby weighing 4.29 carats, and two old cushion-cut diamonds. Showcasing a rare ruby of the most precious geographic origin, this elegant ring's vivid red is enhanced and set off by flanking fiery antique diamonds of elevated white brilliance and superior scintillation.
Item #: YR-22337
Country: United States
Circa: 2020
Size: 6.25 (this ring can be sized; please contact the gallery for further information)
Materials: 1 oval-cut ruby (weighing 4.29 carats); 2 old mine-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 1.87 carats, D-E-F color, VS-SI1 clarity); 18K Gold and Platinum
Gram Weight: 8.4 grams
Documentation: Accompanied by AGL report no. 1152793 dated 9 December 2025 stating that the ruby is of Burma origin, with no evidence of heat treatment.
Item #: YR-22337
Country: United States
Circa: 2020
Size: 6.25 (this ring can be sized; please contact the gallery for further information)
Materials: 1 oval-cut ruby (weighing 4.29 carats); 2 old mine-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 1.87 carats, D-E-F color, VS-SI1 clarity); 18K Gold and Platinum
Gram Weight: 8.4 grams
Documentation: Accompanied by AGL report no. 1152793 dated 9 December 2025 stating that the ruby is of Burma origin, with no evidence of heat treatment.
Like many of the world's most fabled gem deposits, Burma ruby has long been valued in its native land and abroad. The stone has always had religious and cultural significance in Burma, its mines held for centuries under supervision of generations of its royals. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Hugenot gem supplier to the court of Louis XIV, and best known for bringing the great blue diamond known as the Hope to Europe, recorded in his history that the Mughal emperors of the period prized Burma ruby. Tavernier's 1676 comments about the parabolic escalation of the gem's value per carat hold true in principle today: "A ruby of the weight of one carat, if it be perfect, is worth 20 florins; if it weighs two carats, it is worth 100 florins; if three carats, 450 florins; if four carats, 1,000 florins; but if it weighs five carats, and is perfect, it is sold for whatever is asked for it." Burma ruby is possibly uniquely rare in geologic terms. It formed over thousands of years, stopping and starting, in pockets of unstable mountain-building environments within the crust, and only where chromium, one of the rarest elements, is present, and where iron, one of the most abundant elements, is scarce.
Like many of the world's most fabled gem deposits, Burma ruby has long been valued in its native land and abroad. The stone has always had religious and cultural significance in Burma, its mines held for centuries under supervision of generations of its royals. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Hugenot gem supplier to the court of Louis XIV, and best known for bringing the great blue diamond known as the Hope to Europe, recorded in his history that the Mughal emperors of the period prized Burma ruby. Tavernier's 1676 comments about the parabolic escalation of the gem's value per carat hold true in principle today: "A ruby of the weight of one carat, if it be perfect, is worth 20 florins; if it weighs two carats, it is worth 100 florins; if three carats, 450 florins; if four carats, 1,000 florins; but if it weighs five carats, and is perfect, it is sold for whatever is asked for it." Burma ruby is possibly uniquely rare in geologic terms. It formed over thousands of years, stopping and starting, in pockets of unstable mountain-building environments within the crust, and only where chromium, one of the rarest elements, is present, and where iron, one of the most abundant elements, is scarce.
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