Like their gemstone cousin the sapphire, rubies are just a variety of corundum, or aluminum oxide. Where sapphire gets its blue tint mainly from iron, rubies get their pink to blood-red hue from ...
A scientist from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) created the world’s first rubies made with gem waste. The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) reports Sofie Boons ...
A university lecturer has successfully grown a full-size ruby as it sits in a platinum jewellery setting in what is believed to be a world-first process. Sofie Boons, who is a senior lecturer and ...
A chemical process allows a full-size gemstone to be grown from a tiny fragment A university lecturer has successfully grown a full-size ruby as it sits in a platinum jewellery setting in what is ...
"The Estrela de Fura", meaning "Star of Fura", was cut from a 101-carat rough stone and is the world's largest ruby The biggest ruby ever to come to auction has been sold in New York for a record ...
Halloween costume manufacturer and distributor Rubies II LLC plans to close its Bay Shore facility and relocate operations, laying off 96 workers, according to state filings. Rubies II ...