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All About The Ruby Gemstone And Caring For Ruby Gemstone Jewelry

Ruby gemstones are gorgeous, these pinkish red or deep red gemstones have fascinated jewelry designers and jewelry lovers for decades. Since rubies are quite expensive it is very important that you have all the information about this exotic gemstone before spending your money.

The steep prices on good quality rubies and the fact that the ruby gemstone is getting rarer by the day, has resulted in numerous bad trade practices by a few bad traders. Heat treatment for the color enhancement of rubies is an accepted process, however numerous other treatments are now practised and most of these are nothing more than a fraud. Read all the information provided for the ruby gemstone in this report and you will appreciate the fact that, there do exist a few good and trustworthy jewellers too.

Ruby Gemstones, General Information
The ruby gemstone belongs to the corundum group of gemstones. Rubies measure a good 9 on the Moh's scale of hardness. The corundum group of gems that include rubies and sapphires are some of the oldest gemstones known to mankind. The ruby gem stone with a hardness scale of 9 comes second to only diamonds, when compared for hardness.

As a birthstone the ruby gemstone represents the month of July and the zodiac sign Cancer. When used as an anniversary gemstone, the ruby gemstone represents the 15th and 40th years of marriage. Tuesday is the day for rubies and rubies also represent the summer season.

Treatments And Enhancements For Ruby Gems
Heat Treatment For Ruby Gemsones Is Acceptable
Almost all ruby gemstones are heat treated and the heat treatment procedure for rubies has a long history. The heat treatment for rubies is acceptable as it is applied to almost 100% of ruby gemstones. Usually heating is done to high temperatures and then controlled cooling is applied. The idea is to dissolve the rutile (silky inclusions) in the ruby gem stone. The heating process can also improve the tone and saturation color of rubies.

Other Non-acceptable Treatments For Rubies
Various coloring processes like oil filling, or polymer and glass fillings are not considered to be acceptable by gemstone experts. In these processes holes and cracks in the ruby gemstone are filled with oils or polymer or glass to enhance the appearance of the ruby gem.

Beware Of Imitations And Fake Ruby Gem Stones
Ever since the year 1900, synthetic rubies were sold in the markets as genuine rubies. Processes and techniques have got more sophisticated and today, artificial rubies are made to look very much like real rubies. Artificial colors and inclusions are also used to create the appearance of genuine ruby gemstones.

Caring For Ruby Rings And Other Ruby Gem Stone Jewelry
The ruby gemstone is a very hard and tough gemstone. No special wearing instructions are needed for rings or other jewelry studded with rubies. However in case your ruby gemstone is heavily included or has internal fractures (cracks), a reduction in durability of the gemstone would be inevitable.

Ruby Gemstone Prices Vary With Origin And Grades
Rubies are precious gemstones and prices vary in a very broad range depending on the origin of the ruby gemstone and the quality. Larger size ruby gemstones are priced much higher as compared to smaller sizes. This is true of most gemstones but applies all the more to gemstones like rubies, sapphires, emeralds, tanzanite etc.

The best quality rubies are those from Burma. The other sources of ruby gemstones are Thailand and Africa. Smaller quantities of rubies are also mined in Australia and the U.S.

Important Tip When Buying Ruby Gemstones
This paragraph is probably the most important for those of you who wish to buy ruby rings or other ruby gemstone jewelry. This also applies to buyers of loose ruby gemstones.

The development of imitation and syntetic rubies has hit an all time high. Dishonest sellers cleverly conceal the truth from gemstone buyers. The price difference between a genuine ruby gemstone and that of a synthetic ruby is, massive and greed takes over such sellers. New processes for manufacturing synthetic rubies and treating rubies are very advanced and at times, even fool the best gemstone experts.

Always buy your ruby gemstones and ruby gemstone jewelry from reputed sellers who make it their duty to keep you well informed. Like always value the jeweller before you value the jewelry.

Email Us Your Queries And Doubts
If you ever have any doubts regarding gemstones or jewelry please write to us. We get all your queries answered by a team of experts from Kaisilver. We also have direct working contacts with the largest producers of high quality rubies, sapphires and tanzanite gemstones. Email your queries to us at sales@claddagh-rings.com

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The Kaisilver Emerald Claddagh Ring
All Kaisilver Claddagh rings are custom made in 18k yellow or white gold. Hand picked gemstones are carefully selected and custom cut for every ring. All gemstone options are available and you need not limit yourself to the gemstones that are mentioned on the price table.

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A Few Other Red Gemstones
Red gemstones are very popular with jewelry lovers. The color red is associated with being hot, passionate and sexy. Rubies are the most popular and sought after red gems, however the high price tag on ruby gem stones puts them out of the reach of many people who adore red gemstones.

Spinel This is a fabulous gemstone in it's own right. Until recently, spinel gemstones were considered to be ruby pretenders. This is because spinel has been mistaken for ruby through the centuries. Indeed some of the so called rubies in the British Crown Jewels were later found to be spinel rather than ruby!. With better information available, spinels have now established an identity of their own. Spinels are truly captivating with their brilliance and have a good degree of hardness too. Spinels are mined in Burma, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Tajikistan. These countries form the major source for spinel gemstones.

Garnet with it's deep red colors is another prominent red gemstone. With a medium range price tag, garnets come within the budget of most jewelry lovers. Garnet gemstones have a high degree of durability and are suited for daily wear jewelry. There are three major types of garnet, Rhodolite garnets have a tinge of purple in them, much like raspberry color overtones. Almandine garnets are a medium red in color and are widely used in garnet jewelry. The extremely red garnet gemstones are called Pyrope garnets. The name pyrope is derived from the greek word 'pyropus' wich means 'fiery eyed'. Major sources for garnets are India, Sri Lanka and parts of East Africa.

Rubelite is another fascintating red gemstone that is available in fairly large sizes. Modern jewelry designs have been created with large rubelite gemstones which are not too hard to find. Rubelite is infact red tourmaline, this fact is not very widely known. Tourmaline occurs in more colors and color combinations than any other gemstone and red tourmaline is given the name rubelite. Important sources for rubelite are Brazil and Nigeria which also mine tourmaline in many other colors.

Every red gemstone has a personality of it's own. Each of the gemstones mentioned above has a large and loyal following. However price and gemstone size requirements will often dictate your choice. For example, if you prefer to have a good and clean red gemstone but your budget would not stretch to the price of a high grade ruby gemstone, you might want to consider a red spinel. There is really nothing strange in ordering a spinel gemstone instead of a ruby as long as you have made your own well informed decision. However it would be extremely sad if you ordered a ruby gemstone and got a rubelite instead. Remember the phrase that is repeated very often on our website value the jeweller before you value the jewelry.

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