How can you tell a real ruby from a fake?

[@beartutor3377]

It’s real yeah, a laboratory-grown Ruby

[@frooskys22]

Laboratory grown ruby IS a ruby.

[@frooskys22]

Ignorant.

[@wsi8035]

​@@frooskys22fk nah a ruby that size would be worth a million dollars

[@Jackaroo.]

@@frooskys22yes but they’re basically worthless compared to a natural ruby.

[@superfluous5162]

​@@Jackaroo. If there is no serial number requirement by law , no one differentiates .

[@GothosRedux]

Rubelite is red tourmaline. And then there’s red beryl. And I’m pretty sure there’s more red gems.

[@HillBilly_Urbex]

Ruby is just red beryl lol

[@GothosRedux]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@HillBilly_UrbexNo, ruby is red corundum. Red beryl is also called red emerald, scarlet emerald or bixbite and is far rarer than rubies. Gemstone quality crystals are only found in the Wah Wah mountains of central Utah.

[@TobiasTurkelton]

​​@@HillBilly_UrbexSorry, but Ruby is red Corrundum (sister to Sapphire). Red Beryl is sister to Emerald and also called Bixbite. (Zircon can be red too!)

[@10thletter40]

Also, if you had Red Beryl I don't think anyone would purposefully switch that out with Ruby 😂

[@Opalholic24]

Don’t forget rhodochrosite!

[@traces2807]

I recently bought a ring bestowed with the humble garnnet. It. Is. Spectacular! Not that brick red with brown undertones when you think of typical garnets. This one is a Mozambique garnet and is the most gorgeous candy apple red I've ever seen. It looks lit from within with glowing sparks of fiery red. And it didn't cost thousands!

[@BlueAvians]

This is a most gorgeous ruby with beautiful tone and saturation.

[@DevilsEnemy-rc]

Some rubies (natural with certificate) can't glow bright under UV light bcos they contain more iron (but still have a shining side, on the edge or in the middle), especially rubies from Thailand... Synthetic Ruby can glow brighter than the natural one, so this test only for checking a red stone is ruby or not.

[@renaissancenovice7202]

Excuse me, did you say the only other red gemstones are garnet and spinel?

[@renaissancenovice7202]

Red Beryl, red diamonds, red tourmaline (rubellite) etc

[@yhwh1109]

Exactly. What the hell is he talking about?

[@cubeven]

STEVEN UNIVER-

[@skitl76]

I've heard that in some cases due to the iron content and other factors like heat treatment, not all rubies fluoresce. Is that true?

[@mayurireddy8196]

Beautiful Ruby collection

[@scottprather5645]

For that price it's got to be a synthetic ruby

[@kong]

A man can dream

[@Algoldprospecting]

Nice one I have a Ruby that glows under uv

[@Awful7.]

Check the stone in gem laboratory to make sure it’s natural or lab grown

[@zaredsalome8136]

The best way to identify gemstones is using a refractometer

[@hyfy-tr2jy]

only other red gemstone.....Red Topaz, Red Apatite, Red Diamond, Red Zircon, Red Beryl and Rubellite Tourmaline leave the room....

[@Dr_Mario2007]

Another easy way to identify the ruby from the fake is to just simply shove it under the blacklight - they lights up bright red. I have some terp pearls that are synthetic ruby and they indeed light up under my blacklight flashlight. And under certain white light, they look sickly pink, yet with a bit more blue in the light, you get red tint. Ruby is one interesting stuff. Synthetic and natural ruby reacts the same way to UV, so it's a bit hard to tell if it's synthetic stuff or mined though - synthetic ruby is obviously cheaper.

[@brandoncoins8246]

Synthetic ruby OR lab ruby?? Synthetic means not a ruby (Glass) Lab means real but grown in a lab

[@kong]

I did use the blacklight, however this does not differentiate between spinels and rubies. I also looked at a natural confirmed ruby under blacklight and it does not fluoresce - something about iron impurities reduce this effect for natural ones.

[@GoldenBoy-et6of]

​@@kongnatural gemstones will always have inclusions of some sort , lab made gems are always flawless like glass

[@steven8760]

​@@kongcan you please give me the link to buy a cheap synthetic ruby that is not glass or fake material

[@VondaInWonderland]

I've actually gotten some wonderful stones on eBay ❤

[@NathanBChampine]

You could also go by its refractive index.

[@kong]

Yes, but I do not have a flat sheet of it

[@apemancommeth8087]

How is that ruby so cheap? Is that seriously the price ($13.59)

[@RamziKhalid-ug6io]

Myself I found the small iron but I don't know how can I buy?

[@MikeG-js1jt]

It is probably a real ruby, but lab created, as in corundum?

[@kong]

even real ones are corundum

[@SmokeyLove-vt4xd]

@@kongnatural* they are both real

[@QUEENDAGGER]

What’s the value of that size?

[@cristianrendon3182]

What’s it worth?

[@TheRealMycanthrope]

"just" using a spectrometer, right

[@BlackpearlAbu]

Wowww!!!! That coral 🪸 u have is amazing 😮😮😮😮😮 #blood red !!!!

[@susanharris5926]

Why just not use the spectrometer?

[@kong]

Took me a while to get access :)

[@tayyaba527]

Can you please tell me the price of 1 carat ruby

[@kong]

I think like 5000 USD

[@tayyaba527]

@@kong I have 4 rubies of 1.5 carat want to sell it that's why I ask thanks for letting me know

[@MrsBalach]

​@tayyaba527 where are you from?

[@_Redu]

I have two spectrometers sitting here collecting dust so ok thanks...

[@ИванСергев-т9ы]

Природный Рубин черезвычайно дорогой! Дело в том что их практически все добыли.. То-есть их более нет в земле... Соответственно, ввиду этого цена на них невероятно высокая 📈

[@kong]

How is it known that most are mined already?

[@michaelpessin7233]

Sounds like a true gem - no Wait fot - Gem of a" Gemtester"🎉

[@Tina-gg7rk]

My birth stone is ruby, I was going to buy one but didn't want to end up with a fake one 😂 think I'll save my money

[@volumen1y2]

Where can I buy real rubies on eBay?

[@frenchrevenge6406]

What do you mean by real?

[@AbdelBENYOUSSEF]

Yes if you need a real ruby it's in Morocco country

[@volumen1y2]

@@frenchrevenge6406 there’s a lot of fake rubies or crested ones , and sellers sell it as natural ,, scammers

[@johncoleman7308]

@frenchrevenge6406he obviously means natural, because man made rubies are virtually worthless.

[@GoldenBoy-et6of]

Its synthetic ruby worth pennies

[@tajkillerscape]

nice they tend to sell alot of real rubies an labs

[@Mario.alsanchez117]

Rubies!

[@ceramicsaction]

Make a spectacular ring with it.

[@SoulAir]

Spectro before dichroscope why?

[@kong]

no dichroscope, had spectro though

[@isurumaddumage1922]

Checking the RI would easily tell it is Ruby or not

[@jer6623]

Just use a refractometer? Also looking for inclusions can help you determine if it's natural or not

[@mohammedgaroda8366]

❤❤❤

[@brandoncoins8246]

But he wasn’t testing if it’s NATURAL He was testing to make sure it’s a ruby.

[@thedailyhummm]

My red stone wouldn’t scratch with a knife, does that mean it’s a ruby?

[@brandoncoins8246]

@@thedailyhummm no that just means it’s stronger then the knife. UV light is a great way to start…. but you will need a few more tests

[@elijah2257]

Red sapphire

[@Starluxious]

You should slam a sapphire into it

[@adrianeyre3630]

If that was a real ruby of that size it would be worth thousands

[@kong]

20 carat x 5k, yea

[@stevesvoboda9816]

Look for silking. Silking is from Mogok mine & valuable.

[@jimjam6598]

It's synthetic

[@brandoncoins8246]

No it’s a lab

[@imtherandom1-780]

Both are still the same chemically

[@jimjam6598]

@@imtherandom1-780 No they are not. This is not the same as diamonds.

[@feministpicnicfallsapartaf3644]

This is synthetic, you should have said that

[@brandoncoins8246]

NO ITS NOT🤦‍♂️ It’s 100% authentic grown in a lab.

[@feministpicnicfallsapartaf3644]

@@brandoncoins8246 Moron, gems grown in a lab are synthetic.

[@deluxesofa]

@@brandoncoins8246so it’s synthetic?

[@BlueAvians]

​​@@brandoncoins8246that's what synthetic is. Corundum grown in a lab.

[@johncoleman7308]

@@brandoncoins8246lab grown stones ARE SYNTHETIC, because they are synthesized in a lab lol.

[@sockpuppetbitme]

😅 Yeah, keep telling yourself.

[@caseytyler8326]

Hey, you can tell that it is fake because it ships from India . Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk. 😅

[@frenchrevenge6406]

Never heard of lab growns, have you?

[@yhwh1109]

You clearly do not know what you’re talking about because there are more red stones in this world😂

[@kong]

trueee

[@marvffin1677]

Steven universe

[@LabinotNura-li1fw]

Hello

[@rodolfomontero37]

Hola.. tengo lo que creo es un lote de rubíes, exactamente 288kilates en 49 piedras.. quiero enviarte la foto para que me lo evalúen por favor

[@keiganbeardsley357]

Lab made ruby. 100%

[@emmanueldejesusperez7007]

Red beryl is also red

[@อนันต์จันทร์งาม-ธ2ฟ]

ผมมีพลอยแดงประมูลได้ที่ไหนครับ

[@ruwanthahewage9935]

13 dollar natural ruby? Right....

[@brandoncoins8246]

NO, $13 real ruby. Obviously lab grown 🤦‍♂️

[@iantaggart3064]

Even good quality lab grown rubies are worth more than that. The low price probably comes from flaws that aren't easy to show on cameras.

[@amazingamerican3958]

@@iantaggart3064Ruby is pretty easy to make. People in China are flooding the market with clear, machine-cut gems. I just bought a really beautiful 30 carat ruby off of Amazon for $25. All it takes to make a ruby is aluminum oxide power, a bit of chromium power and a really hot torch.

[@arashghasemi]

It's glass filled or lab grown

[@frenchrevenge6406]

How is it glass when he literally proved it's real... Also, why are you so angry at lab grown gems? They're literally the same stuff, but higher quality and they don't require the labor of African children.

[@BlueAvians]

It's lab corundum. Glass filled rubies are very cloudy/opaque and have many inclusions even after treatment. Though the result is a decent looking stone, they don't possess the clarity and lustre that this stone has in the video. Glass fill are produced from extremely low quality natural rubies that are so terrible looking in their original state that they wouldn't sell otherwise.

[@AJim-m4u]

Just don't talk about the Ruby, Is anyone know if that one is 100% natural Spinel stone, how much you need to pay for, to own one like that colour and size. ?

[@ShahidaShamshad-ti8fm]

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[@KoLin-v6l]

သံလိုက်ကပ်ရင် အစစ်လား မကပ်ရင် အစစ်လား ပြောပြပေးပါ

[@Lars9663]

Synthetic Ruby

[@jonathanneron4600]

Eudyalite is red

[@iantaggart3064]

Just smash it against a hard surface. If it breaks, it's fake.

[@ristube3319]

Red sapphire is common.

[@frankmayer2722]

Thats not real

[@IIIAmTheObserver]

Omg, i can buy $200k rubies on Ebay for $15? Wow, i'm going to be a billionaire in no time!!

[@Michaelsrevelation]

How much did you pay 3 million or a few buck's 😂

[@DevinReavis]

There are numerous red gemstones, stop spreading misinformation.

[@KoLin-v6l]

သံလိုက်ကပ်ရင် အစစ်လား မကပ်ရင် အစစ်လား ပြောပြပေးပါ