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Ruby is named from the Latin word for red, “Ruber”. The ruby color is actually varied from pink to blood-red color, depended on the amount of contaminant inside the mineral corundum (aluminum oxide). Corundum is one of the hardest minerals on the Earth which make ruby has Mohs scale of 9, the second only to that of diamond.  Pure corundum is colorless, but with contaminant as chrome, iron, titanium or vanadium is responsible for the colors. The pink to red corundum is called ruby while the other colors are classified as sapphires instead.

Ruby characters

The magnificent red color of ruby is actually caused mainly by the presence of chromium inside the stone. The really fine color and good clarity ruby stone is occurs only in some of the world’s mine the origin of ruby is depend on the Earth condition, multitude of fissures and cracks inside the crystals. Therefore, ruby of more than 3 carat in sizes is very rare to be found. This is one of the factors that make ruby as one of the most valuable gemstones on the Earth, along with the sapphire, the emerald, and the diamond. These gemstones were classified according to their magnificent color, excellent hardness and an outstanding brilliance.

Ruby mines – origin of the rubies

There are many ruby mines around the world, but one of the most famous ruby mine is from Myanmar (previously known as Burma). If the ruby stone was referred as a “Burmese ruby”, it is accepted as a top luxury gemstone in the world although the origin of that particular stone was not really from Burma. The “Burmese ruby” term is used to descript a rich, full red with slightly bluish hue in its stone. The color of Burmese ruby is regarded as exceptionally brilliant and display its unique vivid in any light. This character make the term “Burmese ruby” as a well known description for the best ruby in the world.

In the North-East of Myanmar, a small town called Mong Hsu is now known as the place for the most important ruby deposits of the 19^th century lie. The Mong Hsu ruby crystals are actually display two colors; a purple to black core and a bright red periphery. The dark core will turn into deep red by the heat treatment. And this is the important part of the ruby from Mong Hsu town to make their way to the ruby jewelry market. Until today, Mong Hsu is still one of the important ruby providers to the world of jewelry. They offered the heat-treated rubies in commercial sizes around 0.5 to 3 carat with a fine qualities gemstone.

Vietnam, is another place where you can find a nice quality ruby. The Vietnamese rubies are generally display a slightly purplish hue inside the stone. Thailand, the “Siamese color” offered a darker red, an elegant deep red of the ruby to the world. This character is considered as the second in beauty after the Burmese ruby. The other places for ruby deposits are located in Northern Pakistan, Kashmir, Tadzhikistan, Laos, Nepal and Afghanistan. East Africa is also expected to be a source of rubies. After the first discovery in 1960’s in Kenya and Tanzania, their rubies have get more attention based on their beauty and strong colors. However, the qualities of ruby from African mines are still poor. The fine, clear with right purity and size are rarely found in Africa.

Ruby colors – red for power and passions

Some rubies display a silky shine character, which called “silk ruby”. This phenomenon is caused by a very fine rutile needle in the stone when it was developed. The other character you can be found for ruby is “star ruby” which also involved with mineral rutile. In this case, the rutile has formed a star-shape within the ruby stone and causes a light effect known as asterism. Star rubies are precious rare gemstones and also, the prices are also high. The fine star ruby does display rays which are fully formed from the horizontal line through the middle of the stone.

The ruby values are depended on their beauty and attractiveness of the colors. The most important precious factor for the gemstone is its color. For ruby, the red of ruby is the main important thing to determine its price. The red is referred to fire and blood, implying warmth and life for humankind. Not only warmth and life but now the red can imply to undiluted, hot, passionate, powerful color. This is the reason that make ruby as a symbol of love, with its red for passionate and powerful love. If you want to look for one best thing to your love, go with the ruby ring. It will tell all your love within a second. No one would resist to say “yes” to the lovely ruby ring stone.