RUBY GEMSTONE

Ruby, the king of gemstones, is the most precious member of corundum family. The presence of chrome is responsible for its lustrous red colour. If the colour is too pink or too violet, or is close to any other colour but far from red, it is simply called sapphire. Scoring 9 on Moh's scale, it is just fit for making astounding jewellery items and also for symbolising the strength that one yearns for in a relationship. This gemstone is all about dominance, success and achievements that one want to have in life.

Ruby is considered very pure if silk-like impurities called rutiles are visible inside it. If a person wants to have the ruby with perfect red, he obviously has to shell out millions of dollars - such is the rarity attached with this colour! Many of the items of adornment in the past were thought to have made use of rubies but all these were found to be red spinels later. If you want to identify the real ruby out of the two, go for one that is less red in colour.

Ruby symbolizes love, harmony, passion and loads of attachment or commitment in a relationship and thus, makes perfect gift for milestones like 15th year and 40th year of wedding. Whenever you want to express how committed you are in a relationship, just say it with ruby!

Ruby had its tough times in the beginning when the original colour and coarseness could not justify the price tag that it carried. So, developers took the help of irradiation and got very striking red colour that started selling like hot cake among the gemstone collectors.

Rubies are mostly found in very small weights; in fact ruby above three carats is a marvellous thing to have. Celebrities and legendary figures like Elizabeth Taylor who commanded lot of love and attention throughout their life got the gift of ruby from their soul mates. She had 8.2 carat set ruby ring in her collection that was sold for a mammoth figure in an auction held in recent times.

Cutting a ruby is itself an art and those who can get it done perfectly are true artists. Lapidaries find it challenging to achieve the desired star-shaped rubies. These creations are like the achievements of lifetime for the lapidaries too.

Of all the regions in the world, Burma is supposed to have the rarest and finest collection of ruby. If we talk about colours, pigeon blood red ruby can be given the top slot in terms of perfection and rarity. It is certainly not an overstatement to call ruby 'the king of gemstones' because of all the value and demand that it commands in gemstones sector.