Ruby Engagement Rings

Ruby engagement rings are dramatic and eye-catching and a great alternative to a traditional diamond engagement ring. It really all depends on your personal style! Rubies are known for its fiery red color and from a gemological standpoint are basically red sapphires. Other than color there is really no difference between a sapphire and ruby.

Besides the great red colors of the stone and the fact that it's the official birthstone of July there are some other reasons why people choose to buy ruby engagement rings.

The ruby is very durable and hard—almost as hard as a diamond. It is also very lustrous with finer rubies reflecting light at diamond-like levels. Large and transparent rubies are even rarer than diamonds and can have a value that exceeds almost all the other gems. On the other hand opaque and semi opaque rubies have much less value but are still very pretty.

The most expensive rubies are known as 'Burmese Rubies' or 'Pigeon's Blood Rubies' and are an amazing deep blood red color with a slightly bluish tint. Today, most of the rubies on the market come from Thailand and have a brownish undertone. The Thailand rubies are often heat treated which can increase their transparency by removing small internal flaws and also improve the stone's color.

Ruby rings are set in both yellow gold and white gold/platinum because the beautiful ruby red works equally well with both metal colors. Ruby engagement rings often have diamond accents to really help accentuate the ruby's red sparkle and give it a more formal look.

We've been searching for some great ruby ring examples to show you and once we get permission to put them on our site we'll include them here so stay tuned.

Ruby rings are elegant and stylish and because of increasing demand over the years there are many fakes on the market. So if you're in the market for an engagement ring, make sure that you're buying it from a reputable retailer. Good retailers will sell both real and synthetic rubies and identify them clearly as being one or the other.

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