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  2. Ruby - Wikipedia

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    Ruby is a pinkish red to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). Ruby is one of the most popular traditional jewelry gems and is very durable. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires. Ruby is one of the traditional cardinal gems, alongside amethyst, sapphire, emerald, and diamond. [3]

  3. Ruby (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Ruby is a predominantly feminine given name taken from the name of the gemstone ruby. The name of the gemstone comes from the Latin rubinus , meaning red . [ 1 ] The ruby is the birthstone for the month of July.

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    Related: April Birthstones: Learn the Meaning, Color, History. Where Do Rubies Come From? Rubies come from all over the world, but both Harris and Jarmon believe the finest rubies come from Burma ...

  5. Gemstone - Wikipedia

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    Ruby was the first gemstone to be synthesized by Auguste Verneuil with his development of the flame-fusion process in 1902. [59] Synthetic corundum continues to be made typically by flame-fusion as it is most cost-effective, but can also be produced through flux growth and hydrothermal growth.

  6. Sunrise Ruby - Wikipedia

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    The Sunrise Ruby. The Sunrise Ruby [1] [2] [3] has been the world's most expensive ruby, most expensive coloured gemstone, and most expensive gemstone other than a diamond [2] [3] [4] until the discovery of the Estrela de Fura. Originally mined in Myanmar, its current name is derived from a poem of the same name, written by the 13th-century ...

  7. Sapphire - Wikipedia

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    It is typically blue, but natural "fancy" sapphires also occur in yellow, purple, orange, and green colors; "parti sapphires" show two or more colors. Red corundum stones also occur, but are called rubies rather than sapphires. [3] Pink-colored corundum may be classified either as ruby or sapphire depending on the locale.

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    Rubies” captures the energy of contemporary ballet, and “Diamonds” is a tribute to the Russian classicism out of which Balanchine’s neoclassicism was born.

  9. Gemstones in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Ruby crystal Ruby gem. Ruby. This stone may have been either the carbuncle or the chodchod (see above). There is, however, a choice between the oriental ruby and the spinel ruby; but the words may have been used interchangeably for both. The former is extremely hard, almost as hard as diamond, and is obtained from Ceylon, India, and China.