Transparent Ruby Stone

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Transparent ruby stone.

Translucent rubies are clear extremely valuable and rare. All other hues of the gem species corundum are called sapphire. In nature there are rarely pure hues so when speaking of the hue of a gemstone we speak of primary and secondary and sometimes tertiary hues. Inclusions can also limit a ruby s durability.

Significant surface reaching fractures can pose durability threats. Typical ruby clarity characteristics include thin mineral inclusions called needles. The more rutile the more opaque the ruby. Ruby is defined to be red.

Ruby is the red variety of the mineral corundum. Ulexite has an unusual form of transparency. A transparent gem is translucent and transmits light with little scattering. Transparent gemstones occur in the pure spectral hues of red orange yellow green blue violet.

Due to its birefringence you can see what s behind it. Transparent rubies of large sizes are even rarer than diamond s. In essence ruby is a red sapphire since ruby and sapphire are identical in all properties except for color. Sapphire the other gem variety of corundum encompasses all colors of corundum aside from red.

Opaque rubies have so many inclusions that it is impossible to see through the stone. This allows us to see images as well as light through a transparent gem.