The Sunrise Ruby[1][2][3] has been the world's most expensive ruby, most expensive coloured gemstone, and most expensive gemstone other than a diamond[2][3][4] until the discovery of the Estrela de Fura.
Originally mined in Myanmar, its current name is derived from a poem of the same name, written by the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi.[5]
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