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The listing, Gorgeous RUBY RING***5 cts****Lab Created**GP**CZ**Size 8**JULY BIRTHSTONE** has ended.

Gorgeous RUBY RING***5 cts****Lab Created**GP**CZ**Size 8**JULY BIRTHSTONE**

I saw this ring in Bloomingdale’s NYC several years ago, fell in love with it, and had to have it. Ruby is my birthstone, and I wanted a big, gorgeous, elegant ring to wear to special evening functions. I always got compliments, and no one ever asked me if it was real.

The center stone is a captivating red, with the sparkling cz’s circling the stone and sides, all in a beautifully done prong setting.
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DESCRIPTION
Main Stone: 5 carat ROUND (10mm) *High Quality* LAB CREATED RUBY
Companion Stones: *High Quality* 2mm Cubic Zirconia
Metal: 18K Gold Plate – I looped the ring, it’s stamped, but could only make out the “18.” Don’t bid on this ring for the gold content, bid on it for the major bling factor!
Setting: Prong
Size: 8
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Yes, the BLACK VELVET GIFT BOX comes with the ring
Yes, SHIPPING IS FREE. USPS 1st class w/tracking. If you would like insurance I will ask you to pay for it.
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PHOTOS
The photos were taken in natural sunlight and I’ve tried to give you nice shots, even of the underside, and diamond filigree work at the base of the setting. The camera picks up details that even the eye can’t see, and you can see how beautifully these stones are set.

To see Ruby Rings on the market now go here:
http://tinyurl.com/5vjtxll
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WHY AM I GIVING THIS AWAY???

My ring size is no longer a size 8. If it was it wouldn’t be listed.

I have found Listia, and hopefully someone who will LOVE this ring as much as I have. And still do.

It’s the birthstone for July, which is right around the corner and this would make a beautiful present for someone, or yourself.

HAPPY BIDDING!!!

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions

Questions & Comments

oops. Spell check error!! Not stimulant, but simulant!

Jun 13th, 2011 at 2:01:01 PM PDT by

You can also go to LinkedIn. There are a couple of great gemological groups that discuss all the latest and greatest in the gemstone world.

Jun 13th, 2011 at 3:57:19 PM PDT by

awww love this alot to bad it's not my size!!! :(

Jun 20th, 2011 at 11:08:11 AM PDT by

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look...it's not my size anymore either...LOL

Jun 20th, 2011 at 11:11:55 AM PDT by

Sometimes I Lie Maryann
I may just win this and give it to another Lady

"I look in the mirror in total surprise
at the hair on my shoulders & the age in my eyes"

Jun 20th, 2011 at 5:18:39 AM PDT by

That would be so sweet......maybe you're buying jewelry to give to all your lady friends:) Like the verse....no hair on shoulders, and surprisingly eyes looks good.

Jun 20th, 2011 at 6:41:38 AM PDT by

I'm gonna win this and give it to U for your birthday next month

Jun 19th, 2011 at 8:06:04 PM PDT by

I'm cackling like an old hag!!! Which I am:)...well not on the inside. I don't think you ever grow up on the inside. Matter of fact i don't know who the hellll that is in the mirror in the morning")

Jun 19th, 2011 at 9:19:56 PM PDT by

Nothin' to be cutious about Hon' > sometimes I just like to help out curious ladies

Jun 19th, 2011 at 7:20:46 PM PDT by

I'll by that:)

Jun 19th, 2011 at 10:22:20 PM PDT by

Ahh finally I find a little space to type a message
U are creating quite a stir Ms Maryann
At this point I own all 5 of your auctions
Now it becomes clear why U were so curious 'bout my interest in jewelry
Got to run but......I'll be back when U least expect it
Chuck

Jun 19th, 2011 at 2:34:03 PM PDT by

I've been replying to you for the last 20 minutes or so...LOL, so do not know what's happening with anything. Now my curiosity is REALLY peeked. There are no precious metals here my dear man:)

Love your car...vroooooom...reminds me of my '67 Mustang. Convertible and 4 on the floor. i didn't want to learn to drive until my dad put that in the driveway:)

Jun 19th, 2011 at 3:10:58 PM PDT by

Hi, I was wondering if you know if the band can be resized? I have tiny fingers and this ring is gorgeous!

Jun 17th, 2011 at 10:36:10 PM PDT by

Thank you, I'm so glad you like the ring. No, being gold plated I don't believe that the ring can be re-sized. You could double check with a local jeweler to make sure. Remember to tell him that it's plated..

Jun 17th, 2011 at 10:52:29 PM PDT by

Ya know, it was a gemologist who said that there is no visual difference. Thank you for the information!!

Jun 13th, 2011 at 4:39:24 PM PDT by

THAT IS SCARY ...I would not take anything to that person.....also, just to mention, when one is to get ANYTHING appraised it is best to know what certifications that person must have to do that appraisal. ANYONE can print out a certificate that says they are an authority in a field. It's buyer beware in this country and YOU have to educate YOURSELF. A CERTIFIED GEMOLOGIST from the GIA would NEVER make that statement.

Jun 13th, 2011 at 5:20:14 PM PDT by

Gardner was born to a prominent New York family and in 1860 married financier John 'Jack' Lowell Gardner of Boston. She was strong-minded and intellectually curious and enjoyed her reputation in Victorian era Boston for leading an avant-garde lifestyle. Gardner frequently traveled abroad to expand their knowledge of art as well as European and Asian cultures.

According to Sotheby's, it was Sargent, and Anders Zorn, who both captured Isabella Stewart Gardner's love of rubies in the portraits they painted of her. She was known to wear her imported fashions and jewels with a theatrical sense of style, choosing to adorn ropes of pearls and even her shoes with exquisite rubies, a gemstone she highly regarded, according to Sotheby's.

A hand-written letter in the Gardner family archives reminisces about the 8.66 carat Burmese ruby:

When Mrs. Gardner's brother Charles Stewart died, he left her a legacy of $50,000....Mrs. Gardner decided she would like to buy one thing which should always be a souvenir of her brother, and finally fixed upon a ruby. She asked at the leading jewelry shops in New York, London and Paris to be shown their fifty-thousand-dollar rubies, and to her surprise was told each time that they were out of them at the moment....Sometime after a message was brought to her room in the hotel that a man from the Bank of England wished to see her. She asked to have him brought up, and presently not one, but three men appeared. With the most elaborate precautions and unlocking of strong boxes, they finally produced a ruby
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which a rajah had sent to London for sale. Mrs. Gardner admired the ruby, but the price asked was more than $50,000. As she declined to give more, the ruby was elaborately locked up and returned to the bank. Months passed. Mrs. Gardner was in Paris, when a man came again to her hotel, said the rajah had accepted her offer, and delivered the ruby. On the bill, the price was $55,000.

Jun 13th, 2011 at 4:12:54 PM PDT by

April 23, 2010 Sotheby's Auction

This week, Sotheby's sold the ruby ring that once belonged to Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924).

The cushion-shaped ruby ring weighs 8.66 carats. The ruby is flanked by single-cut diamonds weighing approximately .12 carat and is mounted in platinum. The ring sold for $2.098 million, including the buyer's premium. Its pre-sale estimate was $1 million to $1.5 million. The ring was sold as part of the Magnificent Jewels sale at Sotheby's, along with the collection of impressive jewels that belonged to philanthropist Patricia Kluge.

Gardner was a philanthropist and visionary patron of the arts whose personal collection of fine and decorative art is housed in her former home, now an esteemed Boston museum, called the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The Gardner Museum, which is filled with paintings, sculpture, tapestries, furniture and decorative arts from cultures spanning thirty centuries, has remained essentially unchanged since her death in 1924.

Jun 13th, 2011 at 4:11:53 PM PDT by

WHAT IS A LAB CREATED RUBY?
Lab created rubies are made by combining a specific recipe of minerals, in order to produce a fiery red variety of lab grown crystals. There are two types of lab created rubies, which use different types of processing to create the red crystals. Both processes use the basic minerals necessary to create the red color associated with the ruby. The color is the result of combining aluminum oxide (which, by itself, is colorless) with chrome, creating a mineral known a corundum, or ruby.

Rubies are created in a process that can take up to six months to complete, and produce crystals that have qualities that are much closer to those of a naturally occurring ruby. Using a using a process in which the conditions of intense heat and controlled pressure provide a suitable growth medium for ruby crystals. The minerals are inserted into a molten mixture of chemicals, which is called "flux". The ruby crystals form within the flux, forming in straight growth planes, in the same manner as a natural ruby would. The flux grown ruby also has inclusions, and with the presence of titanium or rutile, can create the star-pattern of light reflection, known as an asterism. You can SEE THIS pattern is the photos of this ring.

Jun 10th, 2011 at 3:49:24 PM PDT by

For me the word created is a synthetic word. CZ's are created. Lab created/grown gemstones all start with a seed of natural (from the earth) gemstones and grown in a controlled environment.

A lot of people still believe that a synthetic gemstone is the same as a stimulant, which is created to look like a natural gemstone. To those people, I explain it this way:

If it is winter and there are ice cycles outside, are they any different than the ice cubes in your freezer? They are both made from water. Only difference is that mother nature created/grew the ice cycles, man made/grew the ice cubes. And the ice cubes are clearer! Just like you mentioned. A better stone, usually at a reduced cost. I love synthetics!

PS. Many jewelers sell synthetics as natural from the ground gemstones. Why not? An appraiser isn’t going to tell the difference!!

Jun 13th, 2011 at 2:00:20 PM PDT by

You are a good speller...would have never caught that!!!

Excellent reasoning....and you got another word in there too that i had forgotten, synthetic. No wonder people get so confused. Yes, many unscrupulous dealers do sell "created /grown" stones as real. Pretty bad doings when instead of charging a couple of hundred for a ring they are charging in the thousands and I mean 40 0r 50 thousand and telling them what a great buy it is.

A perfect round cut, natural, un-heated, untreated 5 carat Burmese ruby would run over a million dollars.

Barbara, I must disagree, and I'm not a disagreeable person, but a ruby of any worth would have a GIA certificate. Any GEMOLOGICAL appraiser can distinguish between a genuine ruby and it's created counterpart. I'm not a certified appraiser, but using my loop and refractometer can easily distinguish the difference. Gemstones are a composition of minerals. Minerals are a science, and can therefore be measured. What is happening now on the market is that ruby's are being fisher filled with glass, making them appear better then they are. I can go on and on about this, and if you would like more information go to the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) http://www.gia.com

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Jun 13th, 2011 at 3:25:58 PM PDT by

Thanks so much Barbara for stopping by...and bidding:)

Jun 13th, 2011 at 1:25:06 PM PDT by

Thank you Barbara! Lab grown. Interesting. Is there a special reason that you use the word "grown" instead of "created"? I am always interested in peoples opinions, and try very hard to label items with the most appropriate and specific terms when dealing with jewelry.

Either the word "grown" or "created" is interchangeable to me and con- notates that the item has not been dug from the ground and that a man-made process has produced the stone.

The crystals that produce the stone are "grown" or "created" by the laboratory process. Labeling these stones "faux," "paste," or "fake," is also not correct since the lab process produces the same chemical compound, "corundum," that a natural, mined from the ground ruby is made up from. I never realized that a chemistry background is helpful in understanding the composition of gemstones...LOL!!

When a genuine ruby is looped defining characteristics are presented and noted, while the created or grown ruby is either clear or has little bubbles in it. This stone has no bubbles and is perfectly clear, and displays the characteristic "star pattern" of an excellent lab created stone.

I do take exception to those who are trying to deceive the public by calling lab created gemstones "quarts."

Being a jewelry designer I take labeling gemstones correctly and appropriately very seriously so that people understand exactly what they are purchasing.

Jun 13th, 2011 at 1:20:07 PM PDT by

I prefer to say lab grown!!

Jun 13th, 2011 at 12:50:20 PM PDT by

reserved

Jun 13th, 2011 at 1:44:36 PM PDT by

Thank you so much!!! Appreciate your stopping by:)

Jun 12th, 2011 at 1:30:06 PM PDT by

very pretty!

Jun 12th, 2011 at 1:18:46 PM PDT by

Jun 12th, 2011 at 1:48:29 PM PDT by

Oh, I forgot to mention, if you see a ruby that is called "ruby quartz" it is new terminology being used instead of "lab created." As a jewelry designer it's very annoying to have to shake the truth out of the gem merchants. But as a designer I doggedly ask the gem merchants the right questions until they give me the unvarnished truth. It is like pulling teeth!!

Jun 10th, 2011 at 8:58:36 PM PDT by

WHAT IS CUBIC ZIRCONIA or CZ's?
Basically cubic zirconia are less expensive replacements for diamonds.
In the 1960s, scientists in France began trying to manufacture cubic zirconia by creating a mixture of both solid and molten chemical properties. Although these scientists were on the right track, they never perfected their plan and were able to grow only small crystals via the technique.

In 1973, scientists in the Soviet Union began using a "skull crucible" technique to create cubic zirconium, which became commercially available in the mid-1970s.
The skull crucible is still the main way to manufacture cubic zirconia. The skull crucible is cooled on the outside with water but heated on the inside with radio frequency coils. The coils heat up as zirconium oxide powder is poured into the skull crucible. After the zirconium oxide powder is heated, the coils gradually get cooler and cooler. Crystals form slowly as the material on the inside cools, but the outside of the zirconium oxide powder must have already completely hardened in order for crystals to form, hence the cool water surrounding the outside of the skull crucible. Once the skull crucible has completely cooled, the mass of zirconium oxide can be removed and the outer shell is chipped away to reveal cubic zirconia crystals. The crystals are then cut and manufactured as cubic zirconia.

It's quite a process to create these LAB GROWN diamond substitutes.

Jun 10th, 2011 at 3:55:35 PM PDT by

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