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All Hail The King

Rubies- Every one knows them, but only the fierce don this power gemstone. Are you one of the few?

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The Corundum Family

How did you react when you found out Sapphires and Rubies are siblings?

 

So where is Ruby found?

While not perfectly drawn, (I am no historian or geographer) this does touch many of the locations that we know of today as the Ruby Sources. See for yourself below!

Including the Inclusions

I won’t take any of his pictures off the website, but if you want to see some cool shots of inclusions on Rubies, and other gemstones you should check out https://www.instagram.com/microworldofgems/?hl=en

 

Rubies & their sources


East African Ruby

Madagascar Ruby

Mozambique Ruby

 

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Got any questions Rubies, gemstones, jewelry, and otherwise? Please write to us! Let’s get our nerd on and talk gemstones!

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Out of the Family- The Lotus Garnet Story

Hey, thanks for listening to our Podcast! At least that’s why I am assuming you are here. If you haven’t you should check us out under “Gem Junkies” in the itunes store, or on your podcast app! 

 

Since listening to the podcast you were probably curious to see what the great, big Garnet family looks like. We also promised pictures of the color range & shift of our Lotus Garnet and what the mines look like! Well, we have all of that here. Scroll down to see our charts, and check out the gallery at the bottom! Let us know if you have any questions.

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From left to right:

  1. Lotus Garnet Featured Pieces
  2. Garnet Family Display
  3. Lotus Garnet color range in shade
  4. Lotus Garnet color range in sun
  5. Lotus Garnet color range in shade
  6. Lotus Garnet color range in sun
  7. At the alluvial mine site in Tanzania 
  8. At the alluvial mine site in Tanzania
  9. Lotus Garnet rough
  10. Lotus Garnet rough size

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