• The rubies are then picked out from the resultant gravel by hand. . Courtesy Gemfields
    The rubies are then picked out from the resultant gravel by hand. . Courtesy Gemfields
  • At the Sort House, rows of sorters sit at well-lit desks, painstakingly picking out the red and pink stones. Courtesy Gemfields
    At the Sort House, rows of sorters sit at well-lit desks, painstakingly picking out the red and pink stones. Courtesy Gemfields
  • The rubies are then graded for cut, colour, clarity and carat. Courtesy Gemfields
    The rubies are then graded for cut, colour, clarity and carat. Courtesy Gemfields
  • Gemfields’ global marketing campaigns, including its latest Ruby-Inspired Stories, are contributing to creating an aura of covetability around coloured gemstones once again. Courtesy Gemfields
    Gemfields’ global marketing campaigns, including its latest Ruby-Inspired Stories, are contributing to creating an aura of covetability around coloured gemstones once again. Courtesy Gemfields

How Gemfields sends its rubies from mine to market – in pictures

Olive Obina

November 02, 2016

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Selina Denman visits the Montepuez Ruby Mine in Mozambique, the world’s largest deposit of the highly coveted coloured gemstones, which is being powered by the ethical mining group Gemfields.

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