Pigeon Blood Red Ruby Burma

This is because a majority of pigeon blood ruby stones come from the mines of burma now myanmar and are addressed as burmese pigeon blood red ruby.

Pigeon blood red ruby burma. Lighter in tone often more brilliant than myanmar or thai rubies. King ruby pigeon s blood burma 17 95 carats vivid red clean. A ruby is a pink to blood red coloured gemstone a variety of the mineral corundum aluminium oxide other varieties of gem quality corundum are called sapphires ruby is one of the traditional cardinal gems together with amethyst sapphire emerald and diamond. Also called pigeon s blood red.

The term is said to have originated from burma where locals call the finest and most vivid rubies ko twe meaning pigeon s blood other sources claim that the perfect ruby is also the color. Ceylon or sri lanka. The ruby is of burmese origin no indication of thermal enhancement and that the colour is vivid red grs type pigeon s blood with the additional rarity comment. Very rare combination of size colour variety fine brilliancy and absence of heat enhancement.

Thai native gems 48 477 views. 1 19 carat vivid red pigeon blood very rare thai ruby duration. It is said that a perfect ruby is the same color as the first two drops of blood from the nose of a killed pigeon. The color of a ruby is due to the element chromium.

Red to slightly purplish red in medium dark tone with vivid saturation. Also called pigeon s blood red. For this reason people mistakenly address pigeon blood ruby as old burma ruby or vice versa.