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Sec. III, Ch. 1: The Ruby

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The Ruby.
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to Mogok, the actual spot where it turned up being only 3 to 9 yards away from the author's original mine. This stone is not at all pure, parts of it being thick and cloudy, but at the same time a good deal of it is undoubtedly of fine quality ; lying on the table in the bright sun, it has a wonderful glow ; no idea of its value can by given, for it is impossible to say who would buy it, but it is a most wonderful stone, and its lucky owner dreams of.untold wealth. Though not quite as large as the 1183 carat Ruby, of which an illustration is here given, it is of infinitely superior quality.
Calcutta is the great market for Rubies of second class and lower quality, but the fine stones almost without exception are sent direct to London. For further information regarding the Burma Rubies the reader is referred to the next chapter of this Section, which deals specifically with the Ruby mines of Burma.
SIAM RUBIES.
It has been known for many years that Rubies occur in Siam, but it is only in recent years that they have been systematically worked. Mr. John Crawfurd in his well-known account of the Embassy to the Court of Siam, in 1828, states that Rubies are found in the hills at Chanta-boon, and that the working of the stones is a Royal Monopoly, rigidly guarded ; but he adds that the Siam Rubies are "much inferior in quality to the Ava Stones."
Mr. H. Maxwell Stuart, a gentleman of high authority on Precious Stones, who went to Siam to obtain the concession of certain mines, enquired with much care into the conditions under which the Rubies and Sapphires occur. He admits that the greater number of the Rubies in Siam
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