Ruby in its pure chemical composition is colourless (aka colourless or white sapphire). All other colours besides red are called sapphires. Ruby is the only colour in the corundum family that has its own variety name. Ruby is an allochromatic gemstone which means that the colour in it is caused by trace impurities. Saturation refers to the amount of colour that’s in a gemstone while the tone indicates the lightness(Light, Medium, Deep) of a stone. As the colour become less saturated, red becomes pinkish red colour and also has a different value to the more saturated reds. As an example, a ruby that is well saturated in colour but has a very dark tone like that of a garnet has a much lesser value than that of a medium tone. The difference in saturation and tone can cause a big difference in price.
Many sellers will try to push their pink sapphires as rubies to get that extra premium that comes with the name, ruby. That said Ruby has a wide range of colours starting from the pinkish-red colour to deep garnet like dark red. The most desirable colour being Pigeon Blood, a vivid red colour without any brown, purple or orange overtones. It can have a big impact on the pricing of a ruby. Browse our collection of Burmese Rubies or learn more about the qualities of rubies in the Ruby Buying Guide below.Ĭolour is a very important factor when buying a natural ruby. It's the only source in world for chromium rich rubies, African rubies are iron rich and doesn't not compare in quality. The finest of rubies comes from Burma (Myanmar). In fact, rubies are more valuable than diamonds when it comes to price per carat because fine quality rubies never come in enormous sizes. The actual natural gem is so rare only those who understands its beauty, origin and history can truly appreciate it as wonder of nature. Marketed as a cheap and readily available red stones that's the general misconception of ruby. Rubies used in 'mainstream' jewellery shops are usually synthetic (lab-created) or lead glass filled rubies because that what's commonly available at a low cost. Most believe ruby is some cheap red gemstone found in mainstream jewellery shops of a shopping mall.
At least to the majority of the population. Ruby is one of the most misunderstood gemstones of the past few decades.
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