Real Blood Red Ruby

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.

Real blood red ruby. Traditional descriptions like these are useful for evoking images and describing color among professionals. Ruby is gem quality red corundum. 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. In 1979 american gemological laboratories introduced the first ever colored stone grading reports.

Gemsny s fabulous online collection of loose natural rubies includes burmese pigeon blood and more. This color is due to a trace of chromium oxide. Indian ruby which is dark red. A ruby is a pink to blood red coloured gemstone a variety of the mineral corundum.

It is available at a b2b price of 2 or inr 120 per carat. All other color varieties of gem quality corundum are referred to as sapphire. If it is a real ruby however know that darker stones are usually worth more than lighter stones. Ruby is one of the traditional cardinal gems together with amethyst sapphire emerald and diamond.

The pigeon s blood sunrise ruby sold for a record 30 3 million at sotheby s in 2015. 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. Some of the other types of rubies are star pigeon s blood burmese burma fuchsite ruby and zoisite ruby.

Most gemological authorities expect a medium to medium dark red color tone in a ruby. The color of a ruby is due to the element chromium. The most prized color of a ruby is pigeon blood red which is a brilliant pinkish red. 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.

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. Real rubies glow with a deep vivid almost stoplight red. The color comes from traces of 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.

A ruby from burma is called a burma ruby while the ones that possess an exceptionally red color are known as burmese 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. The word ruby comes from ruber latin for red. Fake gems are often dull.

Other varieties of gem quality corundum are called sapphires.