It is available at a b2b price of 2 or inr 120 per carat.
Real blood red ruby.
The word ruby comes from ruber latin for red.
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.
In 1979 american gemological laboratories introduced the first ever colored stone grading reports.
Some of the other types of rubies are star pigeon s blood burmese burma fuchsite ruby and zoisite ruby.
Real rubies glow with a deep vivid almost stoplight red.
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.
Fake gems are often dull.
A ruby is a pink to blood red coloured gemstone a variety of the mineral corundum.
Traditional descriptions like these are useful for evoking images and describing color among professionals.
The color comes from traces of chromium.
Ruby is one of the traditional cardinal gems together with amethyst sapphire emerald and diamond.
The color of a ruby is due to the element chromium.
They are light but not bright if the gem is more of a dark red then it may be garnet instead of a ruby.
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.
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.
The pigeon s blood sunrise ruby sold for a record 30 3 million at sotheby s in 2015.
As per the quality ethics a well faceted large size ruby bearing pigeon blood red color strong fluorescence intense glow and optimum clarity preferably from burma belongs to the category of rarest of the rare gemstone.
Other varieties of gem quality corundum are called sapphires.
The most prized color of a ruby is pigeon blood red which is a brilliant pinkish red.
Indian ruby which is dark red.
Gemsny s fabulous online collection of loose natural rubies includes burmese pigeon blood and more.
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.
This color is due to a trace of chromium oxide.
Ruby is gem quality red corundum.
All other color varieties of gem quality corundum are referred to as sapphire.
Instead a ruby is mostly judged by the richness and depth of its natural red color.
