Their brilliance is stunning, but few can afford the large rubies sold in high-end jewelry stores like the ones on Wabash in the Loop, where a 9-carat diamond and Burmese ruby ring will cost you ...

Ruby necklaces have long been a love, passion, and grace accessory. Whether you are looking for that fashion statement for extremely special occasions or you want to find that meaningful gift, ruby.

Radiant ruby jewelry - to the naked eye, they are exquisite. But put some of the rubies under a microscope and it’s a different story – you can clearly see bubbles and that's a big problem for ...

The Imperial Necklace contains 50 “pigeon blood” natural Burmese rubies with eight of the gems weighing more than 5 carats each. (Pigeon blood is the most valuable shade of red for a ruby.) ...

Boons kickstarted the process by placing tiny fragment of real ruby into a platinum setting, then used a chemical agent called “flux”, which helps lower the temperature enabling growth in the gem.

While Hitchcock indeed filmed Kelly wearing a paste necklace, Luhrmann, on the other hand, opted for the real deal. In the latter's modern-day telling of the story, the necklace was one that ...