July
Ruby

Ruby comes from the Latin word “ruber” which means red.

An ancient Indian language called Sanskrit used the word ratnaraj
meaning “king of gems” to describe this beautiful stone.

Ruby is the red variety of the corundum family.
It wasn’t until about 1800 AD that Ruby and Sapphire were recognized
as being a member of the Corundum family.

Ruby gets the red color from chromium.

The Rubies that are called Burmese or Siam are called this because of their color.
There is no way for one to determine where a Ruby was mined by its color.
When Burmese is used it denotes fine pigeon blood red color
which is common from the country Burma.

There are many legends about the ruby.

It was believed that the wearer of a ruby was blessed with health,
wealth, wisdom and outstanding success in affairs of the heart.

According to an ancient verse of uncertain origin,
“The gleaming ruby should adorn all those who in July are born,
for thus they’ll be exempt and free, from lover’s doubts and anxiety.”

Ruby is the birthstone for July and is designated for the 40th wedding anniversary.

Rubies are routinely heated to eliminate purple and brown overtones
and to improve clarity by reducing cloudiness caused by rutile needles.

At Randy’s we stock a large supply of mounted and loose Rubies
having mostly finer gemstones.
Our prices start at about $80 per carat and goes up to $1500 per carat.

Randy says one of the most common comments we get from our customers is
“are these real gems?”

They are so used to seeing low quality stones
being sold for about what we sell our fine gems for
that they think ours might be lab-created.

We are proud to bring our customers these prices.

Thus our slogan “WE MAKE QUALITY AFFORDABLE”.

Star Ruby

Rubies are often included and sometimes these inclusions are rutile.
This type of flaws causes a soft sheen called silk which when oriented to light
will show a desirable asterism (six sided star) or sometimes a rare cats eye will appear.

At Randy’s we have a large selection of genuine Star Rubies.

Before you come to look, ask elsewhere to see their selection of Genuine Star Rubies.

You will be surprised by how few jewelers even have one in their store.

We also have uncut specimens for your viewing.