Find a location where rubies have been found previously. Rubies can be found in Thailand, Nepal, Taiwan, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Pakistan and East Africa. There are also locations in the United States where rubies can be found, including Franklin, North Carolina. You can also find rubies in Arizona, Arkansas, Nevada, Oregon and Idaho. read more
There are precious gems all around us, you just have to know how to look for them. Watch this video to learn how to use a sluice and goldwheel to separate sapphires and rubies from gravel. read more
Sapphires and padparadscha need some iron, but rubies, by definition, have very little at all. “The fluorescence [of a ruby] is tied to its composition, to the low iron. That’s hard to do in geology, to get the iron that low,” says Harlow. “Corundum is rare enough as it is. read more