Myanmar Gems Museum — Attraction in Dekkhina District

A really interesting museum to visit, it will occupy probably half a day, with half of that spent on looking at all those jade, gems, and other stone - and the other on shopping for them. The cost of the ticket which I forget is well worth it. You will need to place your belongings in a locker, understandably, before entering the museum. The jade and precious stones are a wonder to behold. There are English speaker assistants around to explain to you the display but if you are in a hurry it can become a hindrance but if you have time it's really best to learn from them. You can't take pictures in the museum! Equally awesome is the shopping part. You can spend anywhere from 1USD to 100USD to 1000USD depending on what you buy. I usually buy the USD1 jade bracelets or the tigers eye for I think 3 for USD5. You can buy elephant figurines too in jade! Pay in USD because you get a better price. Best to buy whatever you want and to as much your budget will allow - squeeze every dollar, you will regret it if you...

Gem Museum supervised and controlled by Ministry of Mines before and now under Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Ministry. Most of valuable Gem ( Ruby ' Saphire ) could be located Mogok Township 'Northern Myanmar ' collected from White Marble.Ruby 'Saphire 'Jade and various kinds of not much valuable Gem also shown overthere.When you enter the building ' you can see ' Myanmar King going to sell Highest valuable Ruby to one of foreigner.The foreigner so amazing the price of The King's Ruby because can't able to fix the price.He surrender to buy that Ruby because of the price . We expect that Ruby could be located the hat of Queen England.You better visit...

Myanmar is famous for its precious stones such as ruby, diamond, jade etc. Every stone has a story to tell and it begins here. . .

It's a good place to start to understand the origin of these gem stones, the amount of efforts put into it to make it to the final stage where they find their ultimate destiny with some adorning the necks of royalty.

Below the museum is the emporium where visitors can buy what's within their budget. You can rest assured that they are of quality made and genuine unlike those...