The colors of rubies and emeralds are so striking that they define shades of red and green – ruby red and emerald green. But have you ever wondered how they get those colors? One feature of compounds ...

I can't say that Rubies of Eventide has been on my radar, like, ever. And yet practically every time I've asked for suggestions of a game to cover in this column, it seems like someone pipes up asking ...

The Cambodian 'sunset' ruby is 50 times more rare than a diamond, and there has been no significant raw gem discovery in the last 20 years. A flawless sunset ruby the size of a fingernail can fetch a ...

Baron Ignatius Galadar is the Dwarven leader of Kaj Blood. A mining settlement located in the southern region of the world of Vormis, it faces growing threats to the safety and prosperity of its ...

The gems are second only to colored diamonds in value, but their troubled provenance has made them an anathema to many. By Nazanin Lankarani Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has long been a producer ...

At an auction of rough rubies this summer in Singapore, a staggering 95 percent of the stones sold—almost 589,000 carats in all—for $71.8 million. The ruddy gems have seen a more-than-fourfold price ...

Many people reserve ruby jewelry for special occasions, thinking the stone is too special to wear every day. But there are beautiful contemporary designs out there, making rubies perfect to wear with ...