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What is an untreated ruby.
If they have natural inclusions inside that you can see through a microscope and normal 10 times 10x magnification loupe.
Natural ruby that are not heated or treated are quite easy to distinguish.
Heating is also a method that is being used to improve the quality of the ruby stone.
Many treatments compromise the stone s integrity and durability and if you thought you had a natural untreated ruby and dropped it into your jewelry cleaner it would destroy a filled ruby.
However there are two types of ruby gemstones.
A cabochon is categorized as a gemstone which is not faceted but shaped and polished.
One type of ruby a star ruby can be polished in the same way as cabochons and if it becomes clear it can be very valuable.
Natural ruby rings can also be used to complement diamond rings.
No other process apart from cutting and polishing has been performed on these rubies.
This technique has been used for centuries to treat ruby gemstones.
By far the rarest and most valuable ruby gemstone.
There s nothing like the lustrous red of a ruby and finding an untreated stone is exceptionally rare.
The word ruby comes from ruber latin for red.
Ruby treatment guide unheated untreated completely natural ruby.
Of course natural ruby s price is much higher compared to synthetic versions.
The color of a ruby is due to the element chromium.
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And in order to enhance its overall beauty it is treated in different ways.
If the ruby gem is large then it becomes rarer and even more valuable.
These stones ave been mined out of the ground cut and polished and presented to the market.
We are very proud to have the largest online collection of untreated rubies in the world.
A ruby is a pink to blood red coloured gemstone a variety of the mineral corundum aluminium oxide other varieties of gem quality corundum are called sapphires ruby is one of the traditional cardinal gems together with amethyst sapphire emerald and diamond.
Natural ruby stone is rough and dull.