Ruby
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Surprising as it may seem, ruby and sapphire, so different in colour, actually belong to the same mineral family: corundum, the mineral form of alumina which crystallizes in the hexagonal system.
RUBY - The Fiery Red Gem
Ruby: The Most Valuable Gem
Ruby has been the world's most valued gemstone for thousands of years. In fact, even today, flawless top quality rubies are more valuable and rare than top quality colorless diamonds.
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The red glowing color of Ruby symbolizes love, vivacity, passion and power. Ruby is considered to be the most valuable and precious gemstones ever existed. The origin of this magnificent stone is India.
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Ruby is corundum whose red coloring derives from chromium impurities, all other color varieties of this mineral species being referred to as sapphire.
Ruby Mines
Ruby the stone of love and passion is a highly prized gemstone. It is truly a majestic stone with blazing true red color attracting royalty and commoners all through the history.
Ruby Gemstones
About Rubies
Passionate, powerful, exotic and vivacious red - the color of Ruby. Throughout history ruby has been known to adorn mortals and immortals with its beauty and brilliance.
RUBY Perfect rubies are clear and transparent. They are second only to diamonds in hardness and value, and large ones are more valuable than diamonds of the same size, as very few sizeable rubies are found to be free of flaws.
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Ruby: Heat-Treating, Fracture-Filling, & Flux-Healing
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Ruby in Zoisite Facts, Information and Description
An ornamental material consisting of crystalline aggregates of green zoisite with non transparent ruby inclusions it is found in Tanzania and the general appearance is unmistakable.
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Ruby is the birthstone of July & the anniversary gemstone for the 15th and 40th years of marriage.
Ruby Engagement Rings Buying Guide
One of The most exciting times in life is the prospect of engagement and the planning of a wedding.
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Which colour would you spontaneously associate with love and vivacity, passion and power? It's obvious, isn't it? Red. Red is the colour of love. It radiates warmth and a strong sense of vitality.
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The most important factor in the value of a ruby is color.
The best qualities of ruby can be as red as you can imagine: a saturated pure spectral hue without any overtones of brown or blue.
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Throughout most of recorded history, ruby has been the world's most valued gemstone. Even diamond was considered common in comparison to the supreme beauty and value of this glowing red gem.
Ruby:
Fire and Passion
Ruby is the most powerful of the red stones (which also include garnet, red jasper, and carnelian). In India, it was considered an especially important gift with which to honor Krishna.
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The mineral species corundum affords a number of gems known by different names because the stones were used as gems before their miner-alogical identity was discovered. Thus the ruby is red corundum and sapphire blue corundum.
Fine ruby specimens. The crystals are from, from left to right, Afghanistan, Vietnam and Tanzania, while the two faceted gems are from Mogok, Burma.
(Photo: Harold & Erica Van Pelt; Gems: Pala International).
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Ruby: the King of Gems
Perhaps no gemstone has been as prized throughout history as the ruby.
Ruby: One of the four precious gemstones along with Diamonds, Emeralds and Sapphires. Ruby is a member of the corundum family whose color comes from chromium oxide in the stone.
Star Ruby - Eternal Gemstone
By: Harshil Zaveri
What are Star Rubies?
Star Rubies are a rare variety of the gemstone Ruby.
Ruby is said to preserve the health of the wearer and is associated with passion. There are numerous legends about the gem stone Ruby.
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A red precious gemstone. The birthstone for July. Color can range from hot pink to deep, blood red. Lab-created rubies are often attempted to pass for genuine- a genuine stone can usually only be deciphered by an experienced gemologist.
Ruby is mined throughout Southeast Asia. While Thailand and Myanmar (Burma) produce exquisite examples of this gemstone that the ancient Sinhalese people called "Ratnaraj," the King of Gems.
Ruby is the red manifestation of corundum; all other colors of corundum are referred to as sapphire. Due to its durability, brilliance and bewitching red color, it has for thousands of years been considered to be one of the most valuable gemstones.
Ruby mining in Burma was initially restricted to alluvial deposits, but now also involves mining the marble in the surrounding hills.
A ruby marquise prior to heating with a jeweler's torch (left) and after excessive direct heat has been applied. Note the two small white crystals in the center of the stone have "exploded," causing the stone to fracture.
Calibrated Ruby
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Legend: During the Middle Ages, the ruby was believed to have an inner fire that could not be concealed.By the time of the Renaissance, only the wealthiest individuals could dream of owning a ruby.
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From royal crowns to Dorothy's slippers to, of course, delicious jewelry, the ruby is a most desirable gemstone. Its hardness, durability, luster and rarity are among the world's finest, and its blazing red color is beyond compare.
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Birthstone of July
A regal stone of divine power
The ruby is "The Sun's Own Gem," a regal stone, ranked among the world's most precious gems. It symbolizes freedom, charity, dignity and divine power.
Ruby - The heart of love
Health, wealth and good fortune in affairs of the heart - those are the promises made by the ruby. Its fiery color is said to symbolize the depths of passion, devotion and desire.
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Ruby is the name given to the red variety of corundum. Ruby is sapphire's sister stone and is second only to diamond in hardness.
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Ruby is the accepted birthstone for July. It is also the accepted anniversary gemstone for the 15th and 40th year.
Ruby Rock (unlike anything you have every seen)
SnowFlake Obsidian (can it snow in a volcano?)
Sulfur (gunpowder ingredient) ...
Ruby - A highly precious and valued red corundum
Rutilated quartz - A variety of quartz with streaks of rutile crystal; needle-like minerals with a reddish-brown appearance ...
Ruby Zoisite is a green gemstone with red spots.
Painting a shell bead with pearl paint makes Shell Pearl
Smoky Quartz A variety of quartz that ranges in colour from cloudy brown to a dark root beer shade with smoky appearance.
Ruby: A "precious gem", ruby is the brilliant transparent red variety of the mineral corundum, ranging from purple/blue-red to yellowish red, the July birthstone and the "gem of gems". Also translucent varieties with optical star effects.
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Rubies are precious stones and a member of the corundum family. Rubies range in color from the classic deep red to pink to purple to brown. Rubies are extremely hard; only diamonds are harder.
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The Ruby supports integrity, devotion and happiness. It protects the body and improves the general overall health. On an emotional level, it enhances one's ability to deflect negative energy in general and to follow bliss.
Ruby Zoisite
Ruby Zoisite amplifies the entire energy field of the body and helps reach and utilize talents and abilities of the mind. It stimulates psychic abilities and improves disorders of the heart.
Ruby
A highly valued red corundum whose color is obtained from chromium oxide. Rubies symbolize beauty, charity, love, passion, power, and royalty.
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Ruby
A highly precious and valued red corundum whose color is obtained from chromium oxide. Rubies symbolize beauty, charity, love, passion, power, and royalty.
Rutilated quartz ...
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Ruby is a corundum that vary in color from red to purple to pink to brown. Diamonds are the only precious stones that are harder than rubies. Rubies are extremely valuable.
Ruby. Balances the heart, enhancing circulation. Improves confidence, security, self-esteem, and relationships with others. Energizes.
Rutilated Quartz. Excellent energy shifter, helps remove energy blocks.
Ruby
A precious gemstone, and a member of the corundum family, rubies are always, by definition, red, but be aware that many other red gemstones and imitations might be assumed to be a ruby.
Ruby: Transparent red variety of corundum, good hardness and durability. Rare in sizes above three carats. Set in jewellery for thousands of years.
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A precious gemstone from the corundum family that range in colour from light pink to deep red. Rubies have a hardness of 9 on the Mohs Scale ...
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Variety of the Corundum Species
Formed in metamorphic and igneous rocks
Color: Varieties of red
Hardness: 9
Transparency: Transparent to opaque
The most sought after color of the ruby is pure red with a touch of blood, a.k.a.
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Rubies, like sapphires, are a variety of the mineral corundum, which is known for its remarkably rich color. The Eminent Star ruby, the largest known, weighs 6,465 carats, or almost three pounds.
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Pale pink to blood red gemstone variety of corundum. From the Latin ‘ruber' for red. All other corundum stones are sapphires. Rubies are 1 of the 4 precious stones. 9. Birthstone for July and associated with 40th wedding anniversaries.
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Name in Latin, Rubeus (Red), Corundum group, aluminum oxide.
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LAB RUBY (SAPPHIRE)
A lab ruby (or sapphire) is a synthetic (laboratory-made) stone.
ELIE RUBY
An Elie ruby is actually a pyrope garnet (and not a ruby at all).
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Cape Ruby
A Cape ruby is actually a pyrope garnet (and not a ruby at all).
Balas Ruby
Trade name for Red Spinel.
Baroque
May apply to certain gemstones or pearls. Either a gemstone or pearl with an irregular shape, such as Tumbled Stones or Baroque Pearls.
July - Ruby
Blood-red. Fire-red. Color that burns along the veins, and gives the brightness to the night. If you're looking for the color of life itself, look no further than a Ruby.
Chatham Ruby: this ruby is very hard to distinguish from natural ruby. It is created from a melt - recrystallization process. It has the same corundum (Al2O3) chemical structure, and shares the same general types of flaws. Sample 1.
Arizona Ruby: See pyrope garnet.
Arizona Spinel: A garnet found in Arizona that resembles a spinel.
Arkansas Diamond: Not a real diamond but a form of clear rock crystal.
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