All other color varieties of gem quality corundum are referred to as sapphire.
Real blood red ruby.
If it is a real ruby however know that darker stones are usually worth more than lighter stones.
The pigeon s blood sunrise ruby sold for a record 30 3 million at sotheby s in 2015.
Fake gems are often dull.
This proliferation of reports certifying that stones exhibit pigeon s blood red marks the second great paper chase for lab documents in 35 years.
It is nothing but commercial quality glass filled ruby.
A ruby is a pink to blood red coloured gemstone a variety of the mineral corundum.
Other varieties of gem quality corundum are called sapphires.
This is also not used for gem therapy purposes.
If it has a deep bloody red color then it is known as the pigeon s blood ruby.
The most prized color of a ruby is pigeon blood red which is a brilliant pinkish red.
Burmese pigeon blood ruby historically the term pigeon s blood described the red to slightly purplish or pinkish red color of rubies with a soft glowing red fluorescence.
The word ruby comes from ruber latin for red.
A ruby from burma is called a burma ruby while the ones that possess an exceptionally red color are known as burmese ruby.
This color is due to a trace of chromium oxide.
Traditional descriptions like these are useful for evoking images and describing color among professionals.
Real rubies glow with a deep vivid almost stoplight red.
Indian ruby which is dark red.
Some of the other types of rubies are star pigeon s blood burmese burma fuchsite ruby and zoisite ruby.
They are light but not bright if the gem is more of a dark red then it may be garnet instead of a ruby.
Ruby is gem quality red corundum.
The color of a ruby is due to the element chromium.
Despite bearing the finest color blood red ruby stone is further assessed by its origin color strength fluorescence clarity and cut to find the best quality blood red ruby gemstone.
Most gemological authorities expect a medium to medium dark red color tone in a ruby.
Instead a ruby is mostly judged by the richness and depth of its natural red color.
Ruby is one of the traditional cardinal gems together with amethyst sapphire emerald and diamond.
The color comes from traces of chromium.
Some gemstones that are popularly or historically called rubies such as the black prince s ruby in the british imperial state crown are actually spinel.
In 1979 american gemological laboratories introduced the first ever colored stone grading reports.
Prices for old burma ruby if not too pink and more towards red with good clarity levels of 80 and above should start at usd 1000 per carat onwards.
