Below, you can check out some of the best places to find rubies. Stone Graves and Viking Graveyards are locations with rocks that are in a peculiar orientation, such as a circle or longship shape.

The ministry has also granted licenses to mine rubies in Panjshir and Kabul Provinces, Mr. Afghan said, and plans are underway for emerald and precious stone licenses in three other provinces.

Unless you have a lab at your disposal to determine the refractive index and specific gravity of a given stone, a red spinel can look a lot like a ruby. In general, rubies are somewhat scarcer ...