Gemstone in the corundum family. Ranges from deep pink to blood red to purple-red. Birthstone for July. Mined primarily in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Afghanistan, Pakistan, Vietnam, Australia and India.
The gem is difficult to find without internal flaws and in deep color. The element chromium is responsible for the red color. Heat treatment is very common in ruby (as in all corundums). Ruby may be any color of red depending on the chromium and iron content of the stone. Sometimes the stones display a 6-rayed star effect when cut as cabochon (dome-shaped) stones.
It is also very, very difficult to find in larger sizes. In 1988, a 15.97-carat unheated Burmese ruby known as the Mogok Ruby was sold by Sotheby's auction house in New York for $3,630,000.
The gem is difficult to find without internal flaws and in deep color. The element chromium is responsible for the red color. Heat treatment is very common in ruby (as in all corundums). Ruby may be any color of red depending on the chromium and iron content of the stone. Sometimes the stones display a 6-rayed star effect when cut as cabochon (dome-shaped) stones.
It is also very, very difficult to find in larger sizes. In 1988, a 15.97-carat unheated Burmese ruby known as the Mogok Ruby was sold by Sotheby's auction house in New York for $3,630,000.
by Ryan Thompson December 31, 2004
Stunning, intellectual youth of the female origin. Always enthusiastic about both housework and socialising with the presence of alcohol. PERFECT.
by jay patel February 26, 2005
a jewel that used to be in Minecraft but was replaced by emerald after the ruby faded away with the other half of the universe when thanos snapped his fingers
ruby: I don't feel so good
by shrek is our lord and saviour October 03, 2018
A purely object-oriented imperative programming language. Used mostly for scripting, and generally run using an interpreter. Syntactically similar to Ada and Perl, but with Smalltalkesque object-orientation.
by Luca Kaceem Butler Masters January 29, 2004
Ruby is a beautiful girl. You can always trust her. No one can ever hate this girl. She has all of the boys too! She is smart, pretty and athletic. She is always true to her word, she is not afraid of anything - maybe bugs or spiders but she is the bravest girl anyone could be.
girl 1. - hey is that ruby???
girl 2.- yep, how did you know?
girl 1.- she is just so beautiful and smart!
girl 2.- yep, how did you know?
girl 1.- she is just so beautiful and smart!
by ruby😁😂 June 19, 2018