Burma Ruby A History of Mogok's Rubies from Antiquity to the Present

S. K. Samuels was born in Rangoon, Burma, and lived through British rule, the Japanese occupation during WWII, and a post-war British transition government before seeing Burma gain her independence. After obtaining his medical degree from University of Rangoon, he worked at Mawchi Mines in Kayah State and at the civil hospital in Kengtung, in the Eastern Shan States, where the Mogok mines are located. After moving to the U.S. in the 1960s for a long career in medicine, he earned his graduate gemologist degree from the Gemological Institute of America and studied mineralogy at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Frequent trips to Burma over the past twenty years have allowed him to gather a wealth of information and statistics. Able to speak Burmese, Hindi, and Urdu as well as English, he gathers together in "Burma Ruby" a lifetime of experience and knowledge, focusing it on Burma's celebrated rubies.Samuels, S. K. is the author of 'Burma Ruby A History of Mogok's Rubies from Antiquity to the Present' with ISBN 9780972532303 and ISBN 0972532307.