The ruby mines of Mogok |
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Authors: | Tony Waltham |
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Institution: | Civil Engineering Department, Nottingham Trent University |
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Abstract: | The world's finest rubies all come from the metamorphic rocks of Mogok, in Myanmar. Traditional methods of mining, with little mechanization, are still used; they work best in digging the gemstones out of narrow calcite veins and thin beds of buried placer gravel. |
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