Rubies from Mong Hsu

Since 1991, the Mong Hsu area in north-eastern Myanmar (Burma) has produced large quantities of superb rubies.

Peretti A. (1993): Foreign substances in Mong Hsu rubies. JewelSiam, Vol. 4, No. 5, p. 42

Peretti A. and Mouawad F. (1994): Fluorite inclusions in Mong Hsu ruby. JewelSiam, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 136-137

Peretti A., Schmetzer K., Bernhardt H.J. and Mouawad F. (1995): Rubies from Mong Hsu. Gems and Gemology, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 2-26

Peretti A., Mullis J., Mouawad F. (1996): The role of fluorine in the formation of color zoning in rubies from Mong Hsu, Myanmar (Burma). J.Gemm., 25, 1, pp. 3-19

Peretti A. and Mullis J. (1997): Distinction of natural and synthetic rubies by fluid inclusion analyses. XIV Ecrofi, European Current Research on Fluid inclusions, Nancy, France, July, Abtracts, p. 264-265.



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