For centuries sapphires and rubies have been heat treated to improve their colour and clarity and this is a worldwide accepted and safe practice.
When it is pink, it is hard to differentiate the difference between a ruby and pink sapphire, however most gemmological labs around the world agree that it comes down to the eye and how we see pink compared to red, and the pink in these stones is just amazing and so incredible to see.Īnd then the stones have not undergone any heat treatment at all. When corundum is any colour other than red, it is termed sapphire and when corundum has more chromium as a trace element, this will cause the stone to be more red, and then named ruby. Both ruby and sapphire come from the same gem family, corundum, and the only difference between the two is colour. Hand made in the late Victorian period of the 1890’s, this ring is set with five natural unheat treated pink sapphires.įirstly about pink sapphires.
Here is a truly spectacular and rare 18 carat gold antique five stone pink sapphire ring that is breathtaking and will no doubt always be admired.
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