RUBY, (N) PEAR SHAPE FACETED, APPROX, 14X14MM, 8 IN. STRAND, 16 BEADS

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8 Inch strand of natural ruby beads, faceted pear shape beads, approximately 14x14mm. Strand contains 15 beads. Average Net Weight 180 Carats/Strand.

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Ruby beads are the gem variety of red corundum. It occurs in metamorphic rocks, like crystalline limestone, dolomites, and dolomitic calcite marbles, as well as in the contact zones between igneous and metamorphic rocks. Rubies are also found as pebbles in rivers and streams, though natural ruby is not a glittering crystal. Rather it’s usually rough and opaque and even a little greasy. It’s only through cutting and polishing that its true gem nature is revealed.
Ruby’s name comes from the Latin ruber, meaning red. It’s red color comes from trace amounts of chromium; brown rubies contain iron as well. Myanmar (formerly Burma) is the source of the world’s finest rubies, those whose color is called “pigeon’s blood,” a very pure red with just a hint of blue. Bright red stones are also found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Vietnam, and Thailand is the main source for brownish-red rubies. Sapphires are also corundum, but instead of the ruby’s trace amounts of chromium, blue sapphires contain trace amounts of iron and titanium. Both ruby and sapphire can contain minute rutile inclusions; if the stone is cut as a cabochon, these inclusions can produce either a cat’s eye effect, or if the rutile filiments are oriented at the proper angles, a star-effect. Next to diamond, corundum is the hardest natural substance.
The Sanskrit name for ruby, kurvindai, and the Tamil name, kurandam are the sources for corundum. But another Sanksirt word for ruby, ratnaraj, which means “lord of precious stones” gives us a clue to how highly valued the gem has always been. The Romans called ruby (and also some garnets) carbunculus or “glowing ember.” In fact, rubies have been confused with both garnets and red spinel throughout history.

It seems rubies have always been desired by kings and queens, but rubies were not always what the royals got. Because the stone was often confused with garnet and spinel, most of the major crown jewels that were originally believed to be rubies, actually turned out to be spinel. And quite a few regal objects, such as the magnificent diadem of Queen Theresa of Bavaria, which was commissioned her husband King Ludwig in 1830, combined rubies and spinels. This royal lack of rubies is probably due to two facts: 1) large gem-quality rubies are rare; and 2) although the finest rubies came from Burma, very few were actually allowed to leave the country. In Burma, all large gems technically belonged to the king, and to take one of the king’s gems was to risk execution.

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RUBY, (N) PEAR SHAPE FACETED, APPROX, 14X14MM, 8 IN. STRAND, 16 BEADS