Ruby is the birthstone of those born on the month of July. Although rubies are known for its deep red color, rubies can also come in beautiful undertones of reddish purple. Because of the ruby’s ability to vary in dark and light shades according to light, ruby has found itself on top of women’s most favorite fashion accessory or fashion jewelry list for evening events and soirees.
Ruby is the red member of a mineral family called Corundum. Other colors of the Corundum mineral family include blue (sapphire), pink and many others. Rubies are mostly mined in Asia but Burmese rubies are among the world’s finest. Some quality rubies are also found in Afghanistan, Vietnam, Thailand, and Sri Lanka. A ruby’s hardness is just below the hardness of diamond on the Moh’s scale. With diamond at 10, ruby is at 9.
But why do people love rubies? They are excellent gems for red, burgundy and magenta wedding motifs. They go with just about any design of wedding gown or formal dress. They compliment roses in the wedding. In the Eastern social tradition where the color red is often associated with joy and happiness, jewelries such as rings, earrings, necklace pendant in rubies are also popular as birthday presents and gifts to mothers, and wives and even dowries for daughters. In any culture, red rubies simply look seductive and sultry. In the Western tradition, red is often associated with love. Therefore, rubies make excellent declarations of love to your lady too!
The best part why people love rubies is that since rubies can be manufactured synthetically, any man who dreams of wooing his lady with a taste can now definitely do so without having to sacrifice his budget for wining and dining her too!
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