Rubies and Sapphires come from various different mines over the world. The origin of these gemstone have a significant impact on their prices. Burmese ruby and sapphire and Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ) sapphires are considered the finest in the world. However, now Kashmir sapphires are considered the best as these stones are no longer being mined and are extremely rare.

Many of the laboratories will claim that they can precisely determine the origin of ruby and sapphires but it is our repeated experience that different laboratories have given different origin of the same gemstone and both are very reputable laboratories! Who is right and who is wrong? Also, the most prestigious laboratory in the world, GIA (Gemological Institute of America) refuses to offer origin determination service on ruby and sapphires. While GIA simply states they don't offer this service to provide origin on gemstones; we strongly suspect the main reason for this is simply because GIA doesn't want to provide authoritative reports on issues which they are not 100% sure about. Furthermore, most of the laboratories file a �origin' disclaimer on the back of there reports, where they clearly state that they can't be held liable for errors in their decision.

In conclusion, GemsNY strongly believes, due to all these ambiguities, to put little faith on the origin of the stone and pay closer attention to which gemstone is more visually appealing to you. Rubies which are certified Burmese are somehow worth a lot more than Madagascar stones and Sapphires which are certified Kashmir are somehow worth thousands more than a Sapphire of any other mine. The origin of our gemstones that we provide on our site is evaluated to the best of our ability by using our decades of experience along with intensive testing. Also, we use the location and the manufacturer who we purchase from as a strong factor in determining its origin. If a Sapphire is purchased in Sri Lanka and it looks like Ceylon and we thoroughly examined it and it indicates to be a Ceylon , than it got to be Ceylon origin.