All About Ruby Gemstone

In its purest form the mineral corundum is colorless.

All about ruby gemstone.

If you find a good gemstone for you please check the details page. Gem quality ruby displays a color range of pure red to a darker purple red color. Details link will be useful for people who have priority to meanings and effects. Ruby is gem quality red corundum.

Ruby is distinguished for its bright red color being the most famed and fabled red gemstone. Ruby gemstone for aries march 21 to april 20. Stones lighter than this are called pink sapphire. These gemstones have excellent hardness.

Ruby history and lore. An exceptionally high quality ruby that combines rich natural color with other quality factors is exceptionally rare and often worth an incredible amount. All other color varieties of gem quality corundum are referred to as sapphire. Chromium is the trace element that causes ruby s red color.

This makes ruby one of the most important gems in the colored stone market. A ruby is a pink to blood red coloured gemstone a variety of the mineral corundum aluminium oxide other varieties of gem quality corundum are called sapphires ruby is one of the traditional cardinal gems together with amethyst sapphire emerald and diamond. Beside for its bright color it is a most desirable gem due to its hardness durability luster and rarity transparent rubies of large sizes are even rarer than diamonds. Burmese ruby perhaps the most famous ruby gemstone is best known for its prized pigeon blood color that is present in its most beautiful specimens.

Despite the differences all of varieties of ruby have the potential to display comparable shades of red. Only red corundum is entitled to be called ruby all other colours being classified as sapphires. Ruby gemstone is the gemstone of planet sun. Ruby is the red variety of the mineral corundum.

All gemstones list has a link to details on each gemstone. On the mohs scale their score of 9 is second only to that of the diamond. Trace elements that become part of the mineral s crystal structure cause variations in its color. Meanwhile the sun shares a healthy relationship with the planet mars which is regarded as the governing planet of aries.

You may find something new from there. The color comes from traces of chromium. The close relationship between the ruby and the sapphire has only been known since the beginning of the 19th century. Finally like with all gemstones the carat weight of a ruby plays a role in its value with a larger ruby commanding a higher value than a smaller one.

Most gemological authorities expect a medium to medium dark red color tone in a ruby. The word ruby comes from ruber latin for red. You can check detailed meanings and effects by clicking the name. Following are the advantages of ruby gemstones of all zodiac signs.