Ruby is the most valuable variety of the corundum mineral species which also includes sapphire.
Sapphire ruby gem stone.
Ruby is the most popular red gemstone and sapphire is the most popular blue gemstone.
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.
The density or specific gravity sg of the material will also affect the weight.
Typically gem cutters cut colored gemstones with greater volume than diamonds.
For example a 6 5 mm round diamond sapphire and opal all cut in the same proportions will all weigh different.
It is very important in colored stone market.
Rubies are red and sapphires are not.
The color of a ruby is due to the element chromium.
The word ruby comes from ruber latin for red.
The pie chart on this page shows the share of colored stone imports on a dollar value basis that went to the categories of sapphire ruby emerald and all other gemstone varieties during the 2015 calendar year.
You may have heard that rubies and sapphires are essentially the same type of gemstone and that the only difference is color.