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Ruby Gemstone: Power, Passion, Life!

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Ruby: Rough and Polished state.

Ruby is the red variety of the corundum mineral, one of the hardest minerals on Earth which also includes Sapphire. Pure corundum is colorless. Slight traces of the color creating elements such as chrome, iron, titanium or vanadium are responsible for the colour. These gemstones show an excellent hardness. On the Moh’s Scale they achieve a hardness of 9, second only to diamonds. Only red corundum may be called Ruby, any other color is referred to as Sapphires. The close relationship of Ruby and Sapphire has been known since the beginning of the 19th century. Up to that time, also red Garnets or Spinells were thought to be Rubies – and due to this misclassification the so-called "Black Ruby” as well as the "Timur Ruby” decorating the British Crown Jewels are probably actually no Rubies at all, but Spinells.

For thousands of years Ruby has been considered on of the most valuable gemstones on Earth. It meets all of the requirements for a precious gemstone: Wonderful colour, excellent hardness, and excellent brilliance. It is an extremely rare gemstone, especially in the finer qualities.

Ruby consists of aluminium oxide and chrome as well as smallest proportions of other trace elements - depending on the respective occurrence. In really fine colours and good clarity this gemstone is rare. This scarcity is due to the colour-creating element chrome. Although chrome gives the Ruby its wonderful color it also causes a multitude of fissures and tiny irregularities inside the crystals. Only very few ruby crystals grow undisturbed to considerable sizes and crystallize to form a perfect gemstone. Therefore, fine Rubies are quite scarce in sizes above 3 carats. Rubies with hardly any inclusions are extremely valuable and in good colors and larger sizes will bring top prices at auctions.

India was considered as the classical country of Rubies. The history of Rubies in India spans over two thousand years. The term "corundum” which is used today is derived from the Sanskrit word "kuruvinda”. In the Sanskrit language Ruby is called "ratnaraj”, which translates as "King of Gemstones”.

Today, in addition to India, quality Rubies are mined in Burma,Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kenya, and Tanzania.


Posted by Barry Gutwein on August 19, 2005 12:11 PM in Precious Gemstones | Comments (37)

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