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Rough rubies and sapphires12/18/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to the poetic aspect, these texts are of historical value, testifying to the strong presence of the rubies in the Indian culture in those times which precede the Christian era. Since the night has come, the banks of the rivers are illuminated by these sparkling gemstone. The great Indian poetic epic of Ramayana relates the birth of rubies, considered as drops of divine blood fallen in the Queen of Rivers. Ruby is a highly esteemed gemstone since immemorial times. The crystals adopt forms of acute or truncated pyramids, short prisms, rarely lamellar, barrels with sometimes striated faces. The ruby is usually rough hexagonal crystals with rounded faces. This mineral owes its name to the Latin " rubeus", in relation to its color. The ruby occurs mainly in alluvium (so-called "gemmifera"), the primary deposits being metamorphic limestones or aluminous enclaves of volcanic rocks. The most appreciated variety, known as "pigeon's blood", is of an vivid red, color however rarely homogeneous within the same crystal. More chromium containt is important and more the ruby will be red and also fluorescent (however the fluorescence is also inhibited by the presence of iron). The red hue results from the presence of chromium in traces (usually less than 1%), in substitution of aluminum. ![]() Morning photography 10:23 under daylight.Ruby is a corundum variety, with a red color. ✓Shipping Worldwide with tracking information □ ✈️ □ IMAGES: Mobile Phone Photography. Opaque or very very low-grade stones are not available in the lot. Not facet grade stones can be used for tumbling. : This is a sample Ruby Rough lot more than 50% not facet grade stone, but there is including facet grade stones with high-quality grade. ![]() We bought this from a direct supplier from Madagascar and we are glad to give you such a nice ruby collection with natural formation. Sri Lanka is found mostly pink sapphires but not enough to be close ruby color range. Ruby is a very rare gem variety in the corundum family not often found in Sri Lanka. The City of Gem also has suppliers from Madagascar to find stones when customers need gems from another country. ![]()
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