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Ruby and Sterling Silver Handmade Earrings

Ruby and Sterling Silver Handmade Earrings

$95.00 - $95.00
$95.00
$95.00 - $95.00
$95.00

Ruby and Sterling Silver Handmade Earrings by Denise Gregorka, an antique and estate jeweller based in New York - stunning high quality colour in real life and is beautifully construction with each section of sterling silver hand bent to the shape of the raw ruby pieces. Truly stunning and a family heirloom with these pieces of ruby extracted from antique jewellery pieces and reconstructed by Denise Gregorka into classic but modern styling. Also include a rubber stopper on the back to reduce the risk of them slipping off.

RUBY

The Stone of Passion and Vitality

✦ GEMSTONE INFORMATION ✦

COMPOSITION: Aluminium Oxide (Corundum), coloured red by traces of chromium

MOHS HARDNESS: 9

TRANSPARENCY: Transparent to opaque. Gem-quality ruby is transparent, while raw crystals are often translucent to opaque.

LUSTRE: Vitreous (glassy) to slightly adamantine (diamond-like)

COLOURS: Pinkish red to deep blood red, and sometimes purplish red

LOCATIONS FOUND: Myanmar (Burma), Mozambique, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Tanzania, India.

FORMATION: Forms deep in the Earth’s crust, often in marble or in rocks altered by heat and pressure, where aluminium-rich minerals crystallise with traces of chromium

★ DID YOU KNOW? ★

  • Ruby and sapphire are the same mineral, corundum. Only red corundum is called ruby, and every other colour is sapphire. The name comes from the Latin “ruber”, meaning “red”.
  • The first working laser, built in 1960, used a synthetic ruby crystal. Chromium in the crystal is what makes ruby glow red under ultraviolet light.

■ METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES ■

  • Promotes passion, vitality and courage
  • Associated with the Heart and Root Chakras
  • Believed to encourage confidence, motivation and warmth
  • Said to support strength and a zest for life
  • Traditionally used for protection and to attract energy and success

Metaphysical properties listed above are drawn from widely published crystal healing literature. These claims have not been scientifically verified and are not intended to be used for medical treatment, advice or diagnosis.