Ruby
Ruby: 'rü - bE
- A precious stone that is a red corundum. Gioie
offers offers a great selection of magnificent ruby jewelry collection directly
from the source at outstanding prices.
- Color: red
- Mined:
most notable stones are mined in Burma (Myamar), but also in South East Asia,
Africa and several states in the U.S.
- Moh's
Hardness: 9
- Birthstone:
July (modern birthstone), July (traditional birthstone), July (mystical birthstone),
July and December (Ayurvedic birthstone)
 Rubies
are of the same family, corundum, as sapphires, but are red in color due to small
amounts of chromium in their interior. Because of the lack of iron in Burmese
rubies, which can darken and cloud their appearance, Burmese rubies are the most
beautiful and most expensive, though rubies are found in many countries around
the world.
Medieval
alchemists in Europe deemed rubies to be of immense value, believing them to possess
unsurpassed magical powers to increase wealth. Their contemporaries in India concurred:
rubies attracted other precious gems like magnets to their owners. Rubies were
also important talismans: stones of Mars, they bestowed invincibility and curative
powers on their bearers. They also conferred wisdom. "The price of wisdom
is above rubies," explains Job in the Bible. Freedom
fighters and revolutionaries considered them tokens of liberty and justice. The
Burmese, whose land continues to produce the world's best rubies, used to believe
that the beautiful minerals ripened like so many fruits on earth: the redder,
the riper. Several people still maintain the idea that rubies have the power to
cleanse
your thoughts and replenish energy. Placed under your pillow, rubies
are said to guarantee undisturbed sleep and sweet dreams. And of course, lovers
have always esteemed them beyond mere material value. A
variety of the mineral family that also includes sapphires and is known as corundum,
the crystal form of aluminum oxide, rubies are the world's most prized gems. Their
stunning beauty, exceptional hardness (close second to diamonds), and great rarity
(the rarest of precious gems) all make rubies the peerless Queen of Gemstones
coveted by gem lovers worldwide. Fine gem-grade rubies carry the greatest commercial
value. The mines of Myanmar
(formerly Burma) produce the world's largest yield of top-quality rubies, prized
for their distinctive crystal-clear deep-red hues. Neighboring Thailand and Cambodia
are famous for their dark to brownish-red gems. Ceylon rubies (from Sri Lanka),
in turn, sparkle in medium to light tones, while Africa provides the world with
its small purplish-red stones. While rubies are often mined elsewhere, Thailand
remains the unrivalled world-center for the gem, along with sapphires, with an
estimated 80 percent of all the globe's rubies and sapphires processed in Bangkok.
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