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Ruby, like sapphire – is part of the corundum family. Simply put, a ruby is such a rare and prized variety of red-colored sapphire that it has been given the name ruby.

At 9/10 on the Mohs scale, ruby is among the top three hardest minerals on the planet.

Today, the main producers of rubies are Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma. Historically, Burma was the leader in world production. However, the Burmese mines have been exploited so much for centuries that it is now much more difficult to find new deposits. Thus, the majority of Burmese rubies have already been in circulation for decades and new world production comes more readily from Mozambique, Thailand or Sri Lanka.