GENEVA (AP) — A rare Burmese ruby in a platinum ring with diamonds sold for $30.3 million at auction, setting a world auction record for any ruby and for any stone by Cartier, according to Sotheby’s.

At 23.1 carats, the gem is one of the largest Burmese rubies in the world. Chip Clark/National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution We don't need Wagner or Tolkien to tell us how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All eyes were on the monarch during Monday’s state dinner at Buckingham Palace — specifically, on her choice of jewelry for the ...

Thanks to the film Blood Diamond, audiences recently had a Hollywood glimpse of how gems called conflict stones can be used to fund oppressive military regimes. However, diamonds are not the only ...

Before the holiday season, Los Angeles-based jeweler Suzanne Kalan made trips to the U.K. and Bahrain to showcase the samples in her Burmese ruby collection that will hit upscale retail and online ...

A rare 10.05-carat ruby will be the lead item at Christie’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels sale on November 29. Known as the “Ratnaraj” (“King of Precious Stones” in Sanskrit), the auction house says it ...