Massive 11,000-carat ruby believed to be second-largest ever found in conflict-ridden country

A monolithic ruby unearthed successful Burma is being hailed arsenic the second-largest ever discovered successful the conflict-ridden country.

The ruby weighs astir 11,000 carats — astir 4.8 pounds — and was unearthed adjacent Mogok successful the Mandalay region, the halfway of Burma’s gem manufacture and an country affected by ongoing conflict, according to The Associated Press, citing authorities media. 

The chromatic was recovered successful mid-April, soon aft the country’s accepted New Year celebrations.

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Burma's recently discovered ruby is displayed astatine the president's bureau successful Naypyitaw connected May 7, 2026. (Myanmar Military True News Information Team/AP)

Although it is astir fractional the size of a 21,450-carat ruby discovered successful 1996, experts accidental the caller find could beryllium much invaluable due to the fact that of its higher quality, the outlet reported.

It has a purplish-red colour with flimsy yellowish tones, mean transparency and a highly reflective surface.

Burmese President Min Aung Hlaing and his furniture person already inspected the chromatic successful the country's superior of Naypyidaw.

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Burmese officials inspect a recently discovered ruby astatine the president's bureau successful Naypyidaw connected May 7, 2026. (Myanmar Military True News Information Team/AP)

Burma produces up to 90% of the world’s rubies, mostly from Mogok and adjacent Mong Hsu. 

The gem commercialized — some ineligible and amerciable — is simply a large root of income successful the country.

However, rights groups, including Global Witness, person agelong urged jewelers to debar buying Burmese gemstones, saying the commercialized helps money the country's subject governments, according to The Associated Press.

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This photograph taken connected May 16, 2019, shows miners moving successful a ruby excavation successful Mogok, northbound of Mandalay. (Ye Aung Thu/AFP via Getty Images)

Gem mining besides finances taste equipped groups warring for autonomy, contributing to Burma’s long-running conflicts.

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The mining regions stay unstable. 

Mogok was seized successful July 2024 by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), an taste equipped group. Control aboriginal returned to the subject nether a ceasefire woody brokered by China precocious past year.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.