Buy Gems and Jewelry

Buying gemstones.

It wont matter if this are loose gemstones or jewelry with the pretty things in it, the value is always with the stone since the gold amount is relatively little. Probably the best chances for investment is with high quality jade since the frenzy from China obviously never ends. 

There too many people there who just want to buy the green stone, but not only that color all other are in in high demand too.

Myanmar jewelry design

Myanmar or Burmese Gems are well known for their variety and quality. Some are bought just for jewelry and other have strong mystical properties such as jade with Chinese people. Many Indian people interpret plenty of superstitious values into ruby and sapphire jewelry for giving spiritual enlightenment. Chinese people interpret similar properties into jade. 

Buying ear-clips 

at the Bogyoke Market

Jade ring for sale

Sapphire jewelry

Ruby and diamond jewelry

Myanmar gems for sale

Natural rubies

What people like are natural rubies and those are definitely available here 

There are several sources from where you can buy gemstones; one is visit a local gems market or online dealers. Buying gems with a certificate is a good start for a fair price but it still need some bargaining. When in the higher price region take an expert with you or insist to have it checked in a lab of your choice. You should always be aware that with this pretty little colored stones there is lots of cheating going on, e.g. heat treatment with ruby gemstones.

Loose ruby gemstones and spinel

Myanmar fashion jewelry

Because of the abundance of precious stones people became very creative to work with them. There are also beautiful pearls with gold, silver, white and pink color which come from the "farm" in the Myeik Archipelago. Only a few decades ago the Salone or Sea Gypsies pearl diver of south Myanmar did this job. Actually the human grown spheres are looking real great as you can see at the picture below.

Myanmar South Sea Pearls from the Myeik Archipelago

South Sea Pearls

Jade and Bamboo Street Shop

This is also part of ethnic jewelry which is a very trendy subject, although the pretty things are a bit bulky they are very popular in particular with women who have some natural weight on the body. 

Jewelry and gemstones pictures

Here are a couple if pretty jewelry and gemstones pictures with most of the local material available, some are really nice and show how creative people are. 

Jadeite items are mainly made in Mandalay but only for the local market. The real business is to export the rough material to China and there it is processed.

Great Sapphire and Ruby Jewelry

Jade Bangles of different colors

Buying a beautiful imperial jade necklace

Jade diamond jewelry set

Buying a 

Imperial Jade Necklace

There is another family of a green mineral either as rough stones or jade jewelry, it's amazing what artistic blessed people create out of this material although it is extremely hard, actually it is called Chinese diamonds. In the country the jadeite version is mined it it comes not only in green there are plenty of other colors.