Indian Ruby Star 2.90 carat 7.4x6.6x4.8mm

Description

Star rubies are the gemstones that legends are made of. The three crossed rays are said to symbolize faith, hope, and destiny. In spiritual writings the Red stones are #1 on the hierarchy of stones as they represent the emotions and life itself. The heart is red, as is the blood it pumps, it nourishes every cell in the body. Many different legends have formed around these magical stones. People have thought that they had demons or angels of light living in them. And because they turned dark at night, they were thought to go to sleep, just like people. This star ruby is untreated/unheated, rare for a star ruby as most are heated or diffused with an artificial color or star. The star itself has 6 legs and can easily be seen in direct sunlight. The color is a rich Crimson Red. This star ruby was mined and cabbed in India.

All gemstones in our inventory and our jewelry are Natural mined gemstones, None are lab created,lab grown,man made, or synthetics.
	Gemstone Type		Enhancement		Clarity
	Type I Gemstones -Usually eye clean	x	None-Not Enhanced. A gemstone that has only undergone the standard process of cutting and polishing.		Transparent-Objects seen through the gemstone look clear and distinct.
	Examples- Aquamarine,Green & Yellow Chrysoberyl,Morganite,Tanzanite, Green Tourmaline, Blue Zircon		Heat-The use of heat to effect desired alteration of color, clarity and/or phenomena.		Semitransparent-Objects look slightly hazy or blurry through the stone.
			Heating and Pressure: The use of heat and pressure combined to effect desired alterations of color, clarity and/or phenomena.		Translucent-Objects are vague and hard to see.
x	Type II Gemstones-Usually included		Irradiation: The use of neutrons, gamma rays or beta particles (high energy electrons) to alter a gemstones color. The irradiation may be followed by a heating process.	x	Semitranslucent-Only a small fraction of light passes through the stone, mainly around the edges.
x	Examples-Alexandrite,Amethyst, Ametrine,Citrine, All Garnet, Iolite, Peridot, All Sapphire & Ruby, Spinel, Blue, Orange & Yellow Tourmaline, Green, Orange, Red or Yellow Zircon		Oiling/Resin Infusion: The filling of surface-breaking fissures with colorless oil, wax, resin or other colorless substances, except glass or plastic, to improve the gemstones appearance.		Opaque-Virtually no light can pass through the gemstone
			Waxing/Oiling: The impregnation of a colorless wax, paraffin or oil in porous opaque or translucent gemstones to improve appearance.
	Type III-Gemstones Almost always included		Filling: The filling of surface-breaking cavities or fissures with colorless glass, plastic, or similar substances.This process may improve durability and/or appearance, and/or to add weight.
	Examples- Bixbite, Emerald, Red, Pink or Watermelon Tourmaline		Diffusion: The use of chemicals in conjunction with high temperatures to produce ARTIFICIAL color change and/or asterism-producing inclusions.
			Coating: The use of such surface enhancements as lacquering, enameling, inking, foiling or sputtering of films to improve appearance, provide color or add other special effects.