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US$850,000-1,250,000
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AN IMPORTANT RUBY AND DIAMOND NECKLACE
DESIGNED AS A SERIES OF OVAL AND CUSHION-SHAPED RUBIES WEIGHING A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 43.28 CARATS, FLANKED BY SMALLER OVAL-SHAPED RUBIES WEIGHING A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 13.14 CARATS, SPACED BY OVAL-SHAPED DIAMONDS, MOUNTED IN 18K WHITE AND YELLOW GOLD, 42.0 CM LONG
ACCOMPANIED BY REPORT NO. 12097099/1 TO 63 DATED 19 SEPTEMBER 2012 FROM THE GüBELIN GEMMOLOGICAL LABORATORY STATING THAT THE TWENTY-ONE RUBIES WEIGHING 43.28 CARAT TOTAL ARE OF BURMA (MYANMAR) ORIGIN, WITH NO INDICATIONS OF HEATING AND A RANDOM SELECTION IN EXCESS OF 90 OF THE FORTY-TWO SMALLER RUBIES WEIGHING 13.14 CARAT TOTAL ARE OF BURMA (MYANMAR) ORIGIN; ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY A NOTE STATING THAT BURMA HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNISED AS THE LOCALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOST DESIRABLE RUBIES IN THE WORLD. WITHIN BURMA (NOW MYANMAR), THE MOST FAMED REGION IS THE MOGOK VALLEY, OR MOGOK STONE TRACT, IN THE KATHA DISTRICT, NORTH EAST OF MANDALAY. THESE MOGOK-TYPE RUBIES TYPICALLY POSSESS A RED BODY COLOUR AND RED UV-FLUORESCENCE. IN ADDITION, THEY MAY CONTAIN TINY AMOUNTS OF LIGHT-SCATTERING RUTILE SILK AND A SWIRL-LIKE GROWTH PATTERN. IT IS THIS COMBINATION OF FEATURES WHICH GIVES THESE RUBIES THEIR CHARACTERISTIC APPEARANCE. THE NATURAL RUBIES DESCRIBED IN THE LAB REPORT POSSESS THE PROPERTIES OF BURMESE RUBIES FROM THE AREAS DESCRIBED ABOVE
ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY REPORT NO. GRS2012-072613 DATED 26 JULY 2012 FROM THE GEM RESEARCH SWISS LAB STATING THAT TWENTY-ONE OVAL AND CUSHION-SHAPED RUBIES WEIGHING 43.28 CARAT TOTAL ARE OF BURMA (MOGOK, MYANMAR) ORIGIN, RED TO VIVID RED (GRS TYPE "PIGEON'S BLOOD"), WITH NO INDICATION OF THERMAL TREATMENT
DESIGNED AS A SERIES OF OVAL AND CUSHION-SHAPED RUBIES WEIGHING A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 43.28 CARATS, FLANKED BY SMALLER OVAL-SHAPED RUBIES WEIGHING A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 13.14 CARATS, SPACED BY OVAL-SHAPED DIAMONDS, MOUNTED IN 18K WHITE AND YELLOW GOLD, 42.0 CM LONG
ACCOMPANIED BY REPORT NO. 12097099/1 TO 63 DATED 19 SEPTEMBER 2012 FROM THE GüBELIN GEMMOLOGICAL LABORATORY STATING THAT THE TWENTY-ONE RUBIES WEIGHING 43.28 CARAT TOTAL ARE OF BURMA (MYANMAR) ORIGIN, WITH NO INDICATIONS OF HEATING AND A RANDOM SELECTION IN EXCESS OF 90 OF THE FORTY-TWO SMALLER RUBIES WEIGHING 13.14 CARAT TOTAL ARE OF BURMA (MYANMAR) ORIGIN; ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY A NOTE STATING THAT BURMA HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNISED AS THE LOCALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOST DESIRABLE RUBIES IN THE WORLD. WITHIN BURMA (NOW MYANMAR), THE MOST FAMED REGION IS THE MOGOK VALLEY, OR MOGOK STONE TRACT, IN THE KATHA DISTRICT, NORTH EAST OF MANDALAY. THESE MOGOK-TYPE RUBIES TYPICALLY POSSESS A RED BODY COLOUR AND RED UV-FLUORESCENCE. IN ADDITION, THEY MAY CONTAIN TINY AMOUNTS OF LIGHT-SCATTERING RUTILE SILK AND A SWIRL-LIKE GROWTH PATTERN. IT IS THIS COMBINATION OF FEATURES WHICH GIVES THESE RUBIES THEIR CHARACTERISTIC APPEARANCE. THE NATURAL RUBIES DESCRIBED IN THE LAB REPORT POSSESS THE PROPERTIES OF BURMESE RUBIES FROM THE AREAS DESCRIBED ABOVE
ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY REPORT NO. GRS2012-072613 DATED 26 JULY 2012 FROM THE GEM RESEARCH SWISS LAB STATING THAT TWENTY-ONE OVAL AND CUSHION-SHAPED RUBIES WEIGHING 43.28 CARAT TOTAL ARE OF BURMA (MOGOK, MYANMAR) ORIGIN, RED TO VIVID RED (GRS TYPE "PIGEON'S BLOOD"), WITH NO INDICATION OF THERMAL TREATMENT
Special Notice
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not
be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, we have marked
these lots with Y. Please be advised that a purchaser¹s inability to import
any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute
grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale.
With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating
in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S.,
provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery
outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature
(e.g., a string).
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