When corundum is red we call it ruby.
Gemstone ruby color.
Clarity if a ruby s inclusions affect its transparency or brilliance they reduce the gem s value significantly.
The presence of chromium in the stone is the main cause for the red color.
Ruber in latin means red hence the name ruby.
Fine gems are a pure vibrant red to slightly purplish red.
An excellent color can make the difference between an amazing ruby and an average ruby.
Rubies range from dark pink to near blackish or browninsh red to bright red to orangish red.
Pigeon s blood ruby highly desirable form of ruby of a blood red color with a hint of blue.
Ruby is one of the traditional cardinal gems together with amethyst sapphire emerald and diamond.
Burma ruby ruby from burma.
If it is any other color it is called a sapphire.
A ruby is always red.
Synonym of burmese ruby.
Color is the most significant factor affecting a ruby s value.
The word ruby comes from ruber latin for red.
Ruby fuschite describes a.
A ruby is a pink to blood red coloured gemstone a variety of the mineral corundum aluminium oxide.
When it s any other color such as blue yellow or pink we call it sapphire.
The ruby s red color comes from trace amounts of the element chromium which replace aluminum in the mineral and change its color.
Occasionally also used to.
Other varieties of gem quality corundum are called sapphires.