FREE: Dark Red Mother Nature Real Ruby

these rubies are opaque right? and by the way i love the penny lol

Okay, you've hooked me, had to watch & fan =o}

how exciting! What a great auction. =)

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is it free shipping to Canada?

Awesome listing!

•The word ruby comes from the Latin word rubens, which means red.
•It is known as the stone of love.
Earlier, women wearing rubies were thought to have been transformed into an aura of beauty.
•Ruby is the third strongest stone in the world, after diamond and moissanite.
•The best rubies are those that have a pigeon blood red color. However, rubies come in various shades of red, from light pinkish to maroon and even very dark red.
•The king of Burma (now Myanmar) was known as the ‘Lord of Rubies’, as he claimed all the rubies over 6 carats as his own.
•People born in the month of July have ruby as their birth stone.
•In the Bible, ruby is the most commonly named precious stone.
•High ranking Chinese mandarins were given rubies, as they were thought to provide guidance and teaching.
•The Burmese believe that if a soldier keeps a ruby under the skin, he will become invincible; while the Hebrews believed that if a dragon was carved on a ruby, it would bring prosperity and health.
•Hindus believe that wearing a ruby protects them from their enemies.
•There are hardly any perfect rubies, as almost all the rubies have flaws. Those rubies that are flawless are even more expensive than diamonds.
•The American Museum of Natural History has the largest ruby in the world, which weighs around 4.6 grams.
•In 1960, Theodore Maiman created the first laser based on ruby.
•Rubies belong to the gem family called conundrum. This family also contains sapphires. The only difference between the two stones is the presence of chromium oxide in rubies.
•In ancient times, ruby stones were kept under a building foundation, to strengthen its structure.

I got my 40 minutes of sleep for the week. Boy do I feel refreshed, and ready for another 13 hour work day.
The Ruby auction will be shipped by 1600 hours MST.

Dear Colormelove19 I must say that I enjoyed TREMENDOUSLY your presentation history and info of the ruby myself a big time collector of rubies and a history freak I just love you took the time and made the effort to share so much wonderful information and if you allow me to add, in reality rubies, sapphires and emeralds as a matter of fact generally speaking are truly more valuable than diamonds (Except for the true rare diamonds such color ones), as there are more diamonds in the world that we think unfortunately a big mono-polio has control, model, standardized and established value of the diamond Industry specially by allow just certain amount of diamonds to circulate in the market, rubies are rarer and therefore more valuable this info I know first hand for I have friends from extremely wealthy families generations in the jewelry industry who explained me how it works, most everything is speculation a good example is Tanzanites which were worthless just a few years ago, and now they are highly seek and desirable this after a heavy campaign launched by these monster groups.... There are few things that truly have implicit value and rubies are one of them!!! :)))

Todays hint: Red or Blue Conundrum

Auction now includes two Rubies. The extra Ruby is a pinkish-red with small carbon deposit courtesy of mother nature which is common on almost all natural Rubies.

wow!! Your listings are awesome! These are so beautiful! I def need to start saving credits! lol
And btw, your very smart, full of knowledge! Thats great to see someone sharing knowledge with others! :D Your don't see many people doing that anymore.. ^__^

An unfortunate event last night (being the theft of an irreplaceable auction item, has caused me to remove the Andornicus coin from the list, but to make up for it, I am going to be listing a very, very, very special item next month when it makes its way through proccessing. It will make everything I have listed thus far look like corn seed. I will give a hint once a day on one of my auction pages.
First hint...15+ ctw!

what is the shipping cost

The winner of the auction will receive one of the four pigeon blood rubies, or the brighter red ruby. those are the biggest. the tiny one to the left is a pink-red sapphire just to show the difference.

And one more thing. Thats a 2011 penny in the pic. Why the heck is the U.S. mint still making pennies?

The Mogok Valley in Upper Myanmar (Burma) was for centuries the world's main source for rubies. That region has produced some of the finest rubies ever mined, but in recent years very few good rubies have been found there. The very best color in Myanmar rubies is sometimes described as "pigeon's blood." In central Myanmar, the area of Mong Hsu began producing rubies during the 1990s and rapidly became the world's main ruby mining area. The most recently found ruby deposit in Myanmar is in Namya (Namyazeik) located in the northern state of Kachin.

Rubies have historically been mined in Thailand, the Pailin and Samlout District of Cambodia, Afghanistan and in Pakistan. Rubies have rarely been found in Sri Lanka, where pink sapphires are more common. After the Second World War ruby deposits were found in Tanzania, Madagascar, Vietnam, Nepal, Tajikistan, and Pakistan. A few rubies have been found in the U.S. states of Montana, North Carolina, and South Carolina. More recently, large ruby deposits have been found under the receding ice shelf of Greenland. In 2002 rubies were found in the Waseges River area of Kenya.

There are reports of a large deposit of rubies found in 2009 in Mozambique, in Nanhumbir in the Cabo Delgado district of Montepuez.[3]

Spinel, another red gemstone, is sometimes found along with rubies in the same gem gravel or marble. Red spinel may be mistaken for ruby by those lacking experience with gems. However, the finest red spinels can have a value approaching that of the average ruby.

Some rubies show a 3-point or 6-point asterism or "star". These rubies are cut into cabochons to display the effect properly. Asterisms are best visible with a single-light source, and move across the stone as the light moves or the stone is rotated. Such effects occur when light is reflected off the "silk" (the structurally oriented rutile needle inclusions) in a certain way. This is one example where inclusions increase the value of a gemstone. Furthermore, rubies can show color changes — though this occurs very rarely — as well as chatoyancy or the "cat's eye" effect.

All natural rubies have imperfections in them, including color impurities and inclusions of rutile needles known as "silk". Gemologists use these needle inclusions found in natural rubies to distinguish them from synthetics, simulants, or substitutes. Usually the rough stone is heated before cutting. Almost all rubies today are treated in some form, with heat treatment being the most common practice. However, rubies that are completely untreated but still of excellent quality command a large premium.

Colors

Color is the most important character of a ruby when it comes to a jeweler properly representing the stone. All rubies must be shades of red, orange- red, or purple red. There is no such thing as a pink ruby. By definition pink corundum is a sapphire. Rubies can vary in hue from brilliant red to violet or brownish red. Any non-red variety of corundum is considered sapphire.

Chemical composition

Rubies are a variety of the mineral corundum, aluminum oxide (Al2O3). Ruby and its companion sapphire, are very hard---9 on Mohs scale of 10.

Only diamonds and a few manufactured abrasives such as boron carbide and silicon carbide are harder. Rubies are fairly dense---the specific gravity ranges from 3.95 to 4.10 but most is almost exactly 4.00. Since ruby crystallizes in the hexagonal system it has two refractive indexes. These range from the extraordinary ray (the one that varies) of 1.762 on the low end to the ordinary ray (the one that remains fixed) of 1.770 on the high end. Ruby is said to be uniaxial negative.

If stones could tell stories, then ruby would have, perhaps, been one of the greatest storytellers. For example, it could tell you many folklores that have been associated with it since times immemorial. One such lore goes that you can predict success in money and love, if you dream of rubies. Numerous people believe that if you are wearing a ruby and it grows darker, you are in mortal danger. Also, if you wear a ruby, you can live in peace, even amongst enemies. Whatever be the myths and stories, one thing that is certain is that after diamond, rubies have held the imagination of a man the most. Their bright red color makes them one of the most eye-catching decorative gems. Kings and princes of yore were known for their almost fetish desire for this gem. They had them encrusted in their crowns, daggers handles, shoes, necklaces, and so on. Since ruby is believed to have ‘magical powers’, it is often regarded as the ‘queen of jewels’. Read on to learn some more interesting facts about rubies.

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The finest ruby is best described as being a vivid medium-dark toned red. Secondary hues add an additional complication. Pink, orange, and purple are the normal secondary hues in ruby. Of the three, purple is preferred because, firstly, the purple reinforces the red making it appear richer. Secondly, purple occupies a position on the color wheel halfway between red and blue. In Burma where the term pigeon blood originated, rubies are set in pure gold. Pure gold is itself a highly saturated yellow. Set a purplish-red ruby in yellow and the yellow neutralizes its complement blue leaving the stone appearing to be pure red in the setting.

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But I must admit.. I'm a Nintendo fan myself!! LOL
Still love my knowledge!! hehehe ;)

I believe you mean corundum; a conundrum is a problem.

the most informative auction i have seen on here, you did an excellant job i never knew anything about the history, fanned you :)