Richard W. Hughes

Foreign affairs - A well-known European dealer sells a 2.5-carat Möng Hsu ruby to a major jeweler in Europe. This...

This article discusses the decline of Thailand’s ruby mining industry. The author warns that Thailand faces future problems is the...

The history of Burma’s jade mines in the West is a brief one. While hundreds of different reports, articles and...

One of the important reasons for the dominance of diamond in the gem market is the existence of a comprehensive...

Vietnam produces rubies as good as anything from Burma. But the machinations and intrigue surrounding the gem business in that...

Afghanistan's ruby/spinel mines are one of the great mysteries of gemology. Historically, rubies and red spinels have been produced from...

Author Richard W. Hughes discusses Gem and drug smuggling in Burma, along with the CIA and British involvement in the...

Although it is rubies for which Burma (Myanmar) is famous, some of the world's finest blue sapphires are also mined...