Raw Rubies from Mogok and Mong Hsu

The gemstones are mined under various conditions.

Most common for mining of raw rubies from Mogok and Mong Hsu is to take a water pipe and wash the earth off, after take the mud and gravel and sort it out by hand. The other method is to mine them as usual in the mountains, but just how to find the red stones there? Prospectors search first for white marble because the crystals grow on that stone. There is always a interesting symbiosis to create something.
Raw Rubies from Mogok and Mong Hsu

Where are the little red stones,
searching the gravel