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Southeast Asia, Mandalay Region
Mogok, Myanmar
The ruby valley of the Mogok Stone Tract
Gem locality Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
MarblesAlso reported: permit-tour only: market squares of rough ruby, sapphire, spinel and peridot, working pit viewpoints.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: the world's most storied ruby ground, mined since at least 1217, source of pigeon's blood rubies and royal blue sapphires dug from marble gravels by pit, tunnel and pan
Centuries of documented production; Wikipedia and GIA both name Mogok as the legendary valley behind most of the world's finest rubies
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Active conflict zone until the late-2025 ceasefirePermit checkpoints, deep unfenced workings
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