Engagement Rings: Ruby, Symbol of Love
The fire of love
The ruby is united in eternity with its color. Ruby is red . Moreover, etymologically, the name "ruby" comes from the Latin "rubens", which means "red". This color is its main asset since its value and interest depend on it, but it is also its symbol. Because ruby red is fire, passion, ardent desire...
The color of love par excellence, of which the ruby is the perfect reflection. Since the dawn of time, the ruby has been the best messenger and the best guarantor of declarations of love . Its color is also that courage and victory, strength and merit , and the ruby naturally became the precious stone of kings, maharajahs, sultans, heads of the Church (cardinals). The legend still makes hearts beat today, because besides the power of love it inspires, it is also said that this stone has the power to bring harmony to couples...
It is called the red diamond
In the mineral world, red is the rarest color . While ruby is initially colorless in its pure form, it gets its red color from iron, titanium, and especially chromium, and more specifically chromium oxide, which is found in the very depths of the Earth's crust and in very small quantities. This is where ruby gets its rarity from. Better still, depending on the quantities of metal contained, the color palette varies, from pale pink to deep purple. The darkest and most transparent shades are the most prized, such as the "pigeon's blood" ruby or Burmese ruby.
To best serve these darkest rubies, a cabochon cut (rounded and polished) is preferred, which highlights the asterism phenomenon - that is, the rare times when the stone is encrusted with rutile (titanium oxide) forming a six-pointed star. Otherwise, the oval will be the most common cut. These variations in color give the ruby a strong personality and each one its own identity: no two stones are alike. But they all come mainly from the Far East. This region of the world contains the oldest and most renowned veins, notably northern Burma, in the "Valley of Rubies" or, in other words, the "Mogok Road", in the Myanmar region. In Thailand, which is the largest ruby sales center, we find beautiful red-brown stones, the famous "Siamese ruby". As for the ruby from Vietnam, its color is purple. India is also a land of rubies, known for their many inclusions.
And why the "red diamond"? Because after the diamond, the ruby is the hardest stone. On the Mohs scale, which measures the hardness of minerals, it reaches level 9, while the diamond is at 10...
Source: Marie-Claire / Morgane Soularue
