Ruby earrings - the perfect gift for someone you love

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What makes a better a present than a pair of ruby earrings if you are madly in love and extremely passionate about someone? Ruby which is July's birthstone represents success in love and business and it has been adored by royalty since thousands of years. Ruby also symbolises the fifteenth and fortieth wedding anniversaries.

In the thirteenth century ruby was said to cure digestive disorders and is believed to bring safety and health to the wearer.

Ruby has been discovered many years ago and the most famous source of rubies is Burma now called Myanmar. The ruby mines of Myanmar are older than history itself. Other sources of ruby are in Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Brazil.

The word red is derived from the Latin for ruby, rubber. Chromium is the element that brings the red to the ruby. Ruby is the red type of the mineral"corundum"and is known as the second hardest mineral after the diamond.

In order to choose a pair of ruby earrings made of the most passionate stone of all, you will have to consider the cut of the stone, but also the colour, the clarity and the carat weight.

Firstly, the cut of the ruby must be symmetrical to increase the value of the stone. The colour is the most important element in the purchase of a ruby. The red must be deep and vivid without any appearance of brown and blue. When you come to verify the clarity of the gem, you will often notice small imperfections in the middle of the stone. They will appear as coloured parallel lines that will give a "cloudy" effect to the stone. These inclusions are the results of carbon. Finally, the shape and the size of the ruby vary; therefore you will have a choice of different types of ruby earrings like chandelier earrings which are fashionable at the moment or stud earrings .

A pair of ruby earrings can be quite fragile so you will need to take extra care for them. If you need to clean them you can use mild jewellery cleaner or you could simply dip them in a bowl of warm water with a tip of mild detergent. Once they are cleaned we recommend you to store them in their original soft pouch.

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