The Unmistakable Red of a Ruby

The ruby gemstone is distinguished and known by all for its fiery red color. In addition to its color, a ruby is a most desirable gem due to its hardness, durability, luster, and rarity. Transparent rubies of large sizes are even rarer than some diamonds. Transparent, flawless rubies exceed most other gemstones in value.

Ruby is a red variety of the mineral corundum. In essence, ruby is a red sapphire, since ruby and sapphire are identical in all properties except for color. To read more about this beautiful gemstone, CLICK HERE

The color of rubies range from bright red to dark reddish-brown. The most preferred color is a deep blood red with a slightly bluish hue. Such ruby is known as "Burmese Ruby" or "Pigeon's Blood Ruby". Ruby mined in Burma is famous for its exceptional coloring. However, a Burmese ruby rarely exceeds several carats. Large flawless Burmese rubies can be worth millions of dollars

Selecting a fine piece of ruby jewelry takes a discerning eye. At Robert Goodman Jewelers we select designs using only the finest rubies - with a fine variety of colors and sizes always available.