Ruby is the red variety of the mineral corundum.
Price brownish red ruby stone.
Dark red to brownish or purplish red.
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In the 1950s synthetic star corundums known under the trade name linde stars enjoyed considerable popularity.
Hessonite garnet hessonite garnet is smooth and round and ranges in color from a yellow orange to a bright orange to a brownish amber color.
The color is not always red.
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With the exception of the diamond no other gem is harder than a ruby.
Rubies come in a wide variety of colors including bright red pink red brownish red dark red and even pink or purplish red.
A very sturdy gem.
Sapphire the other gem variety of corundum encompasses all colors of corundum.
Rubies have a hardness level of 9 0 topped only by the diamond at 10 0.
Price ranges from 11 to around 100.
Red agate is a rare find with unicolor but banded red agate is quite common.
Beside for its bright color it is a most desirable gem due to its hardness durability luster and rarity transparent rubies of large sizes are even rarer than diamonds.
Agate is a layered or banded variety of chalcedony quartz it is a popular gemstone due to its affordability.
Solid single color red agate gemstones are often dyed to imitate carnelian another closely related gemstone.
The term star ruby in addition to referring to rubies that display asterism many also refer to transparent red corundum too light or too purple to properly call ruby.
A rough ruby is a popular choice for those that have the skills to cut the stone into the different shapes and this allows them to customize the jewelry in a way that unique for the customer.
Ruby is distinguished for its bright red color being the most famed and fabled red gemstone.
It ranges in price from 13 to almost 4 000.