You may have noticed there are more sapphire rubies being offered on Ebay lately. There is a Reason and you should know the facts There are treatments being used to color enhance otherwise cheap sapphires...
Alexandrite Doublet, Ruby Doublet, Sapphire Doublet are the main doublets manufactured due to the cost of the respective Natural Gemstones. A doublet can be made from Natural gemstone material (bottom) with a...
Investment grade natural ruby gemstones. The gem trade has seen a rise in synthetic rubies with flux-induced healed fractures being offered as natural rubies. The synthetic stones, which reportedly come from...
There are several sellers on eBay, mostly from China, that are hocking beads that they claim "are 100% the best grade genuine Authentic real natural and finest Red Ruby Gem Stone Bead"....They don't look like...
Ruby Ruby is red corundum, all other color varieties of corundum being referred to as sapphire. The ruby color range includes pinkish, purplish, orangey, and brownish red depending on the chromium and iron...
A Price above Rubies! Okay, first things first! The color of a Ruby is the most important feature of this King of Gemstones! Not transparency! Rubies come in so many variations of red that we simply say - pick...
Welcome! Thank you for checking this Layman's Guide To Gemstones . We are asked often if our stones are REAL. This is probably the most manipulated word in the gemstone industry. Why? It is due the to fact...
History Rubies are one of the most expensive and sought after of all gems. Rubies have been loved for thousands of years. In ancient India, stories circulated that God created the Ruby and then created men to...
Many Gemstones are generally enhanced for their color or clarity with a number of different treatments. These treatment are human or machine controlled processes that may or may not involve external...
American Gemological Laboratories (AGL) became the first laboratory in the world to quantify colored stones in a linear, comparative manner. The organization and its President, C. R. Beesley, are...
