Ruby jewelry
Ruby has been used for centuries in jewellery industry due to its magnificent red color. Due to its magnificent, intense red color, ruby is one of the most expensive gemstone in jewellery industry. As it is a hard gemstone it can be used in all kinds of jewelry including rings, earrings, and necklaces. Jewelers often mix ruby with diamond and emerald to create stunning jewellery.
RUby gemstone meaning
The scarcity and incomparable magnificence of ruby has connect this gemstone with legends from the time of ancient Orient to the present. Due to its beautiful vibrant color, it was believed by many cultures that a ruby held a fire within its crystal. In antiquity, ruby was considered as a sign of friendship, the finest and most lavish gift which could be presented to another. In India rubies were thought to possess caste: the deeper colors were of the highest caste; the paler the color the lower in the caste structure. Furthermore according to Hindu culture, a ruby’s internal fire could boil water. The ancient eastern cultures believed that ruby was self-luminous. Therefore it was usually called “glowing stone” or “lamp stone”. Brahmin traditions describe the home of the gods to be lightened by enormous rubies and emeralds.
The Roman considered the ruby to be the stone of the war god Mars; as a strong color it was particularly appropriate to a man since it signified command, nobility, power, and vengeance. Also due to its color (like other red stones), ruby was used as a cure for bleeding.
Growing from ground, like a vegetable is an interesting beliefs that is held by many ancient cultures. For instance, in Burma (is one of main sources for ruby) it was believed that ruby have growing period. The reddest of rubies were “ripe”, while the pale colors were “unripe”. Flawed rubies were thought to be “over-ripe” and left in the ground too long.
The Roman considered the ruby to be the stone of the war god Mars; as a strong color it was particularly appropriate to a man since it signified command, nobility, power, and vengeance. Also due to its color (like other red stones), ruby was used as a cure for bleeding.
Growing from ground, like a vegetable is an interesting beliefs that is held by many ancient cultures. For instance, in Burma (is one of main sources for ruby) it was believed that ruby have growing period. The reddest of rubies were “ripe”, while the pale colors were “unripe”. Flawed rubies were thought to be “over-ripe” and left in the ground too long.