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The name Sapphire is probably derived through the Latin Sapphirus and Greek Sapheiros, from a Sanskrit word. As with other gem names, however, the Latin sapphirus did not originally denote the gem it is associated with today. Want to know more....

Mining in Burma (now Myanmar) has yielded some of the finest rubies the world has seen. Rubies have been found in a number of different areas of Burma. Mogok is the birth place & many more