What to look for while buying a ruby?
There are numerous factors which govern the price of a ruby such as the colour, the mine from it originates, the transparency, the cutting of the gemstone, absence of colour zoning, presence of silk and the list goes on. For the sake of understanding each of the important factors are covered in detail below. Colour The ideal colour for a ruby is a bright traffic signal red colour, a fluorescent red of high intensity. The colour of ruby however can vary from fiery vermilion to violet red, but because rubies are pleochroic, different colours are also found in the same stone. Even rubies with a strong pink, brown or purple tinge are considered rubies but are priced accordingly. There is however a very thin line of differentiation between a ruby of a pale pink colour and a pink sapphire both being the gem variety of corundum. There is considerable difference in opinion of even major Gem laboratories regarding the nomenclature of pink corundum as ruby or pink sapphire. The best colour has b
