Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 5446
Red sky at dusk: Hunting the last Siamese ruby miner
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Hughes, R.W., Pardieu, V., Rogers, M. and Segura, O. (2009) Red sky at dusk: Hunting the last Siamese ruby miner. RWH Publishing, <https://www.lotusgemology.com/resources/articles/157-the-last-thai-ruby-miner-red-sky-at-dusk>
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corundum, Thailand.12, Cambodia.12, gems
One may be the lonliest number, but thirteen is something else again. In most buildings, 13 is so cursed they skip that floor and, perhaps not coincidentally, childhood dies at that age. Roll the dice and you never hit 13. It's a fact. Thirteen years ago I set out with my wife and young daughter to find Thailand's last remaining ruby mine