Natural Ruby Ring, July birthstone, earth mined gem Mozambique, rose flower & buying leaves design, blood red ruby, wedding, engagement

* Natural Ruby, Sterling silver rose flower band
* Please read the entire description before ordering:

One-of-a-kind, hand fabricated sterling silver ring is set with a natural blood red ruby. These stones have visible flaws, but nice transparence. Each ruby measures about 4 mm x 6 mm x 2.5 mm thick, weighs about .64 carats, and was earth mined in Mozambique. These genuine earth mined rubies have been treated as described below. Ruby is the birthstone of July.

The ring is a thick silver band with a pattern of Art Nouveau rose flowers and leaves. The band is 5 mm wide and 1.5 mm thick. Picture #8 shows the ring next to a US Dime coin and ruler in inches, so you can see it's exact size. The last picture shows a view of the rose and leaf pattern on the band. The sapphire is set in a beautiful 10 prong crown bezel. The sterling silver I make my rings with is newly refined recycled silver. The only difference between recycled sterling silver and silver not identified as recycled is the source of the pure silver. Recycled silver has less impact on the environment than newly mined silver. Otherwise, it is exactly the same. I believe that if we all work together towards positive change, we can make the world a better, healthier place. That's why I use recycled where I can. The black jewelry box it will be sent in is also made with 100% recycled materials.

Rings are always stronger when the shank is made to size as opposed to being cut and sized. So rather than set the stone first, and then needing to size the ring to fit your finger, I will make your ring to size when you order it. I will have the ring ready to send within 3 to 5 business days. The pictures were all taken before the stone is set. They show the stone sitting on the ring; unset. The prongs will be smoothed down to securely set the stone in your ring once the ring has been made to your exact finger size. The stone in your ring will be the exact stone pictured. The ring pictured is finger size 8. Keep in mind that very small sizes will have fewer flowers on the band.

I make a matching wedding band if you would like to use these rings as a wedding set, available in sterling silver for $39.99 here:
https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/828776332/sterling-silver-rose-flower-leaf-design

If you like the style of the ring, but would prefer a different stone, I have thousands for you to choose from. Please contact me with your needs.

PROPER FINGER SIZING:

There is no way to accurately guess or estimate the finger size you need for a ring to fit properly. The only way to obtain an accurate measurement is to use the METAL finger gauges used by jewelers. Go to a store that sells rings, and get the finger measured. They will be happy to do this for you. Finger size is totally unrelated to body size or shoe size. Using string or ribbon to measure the finger is not accurate. Printing a paper off the internet and wrapping it around your finger probably won't yield accurate results. You remember that she used to say she wore about a size 7 ring? It probably has changed or you remember wrong. Again, the only reliably accurate way is to use metal finger gauges graduated in 1/2 sizes, until you find the one that fits best. Also keep in mind that fingers are smaller when you are very cold, and larger when it is hot buying and humid. Receiving a new ring that is too large or small is quite disappointing. You will be far happier if you take the time to obtain an accurate size before ordering. I can re-size a ring for you when you order the wrong size. But you will be paying an additional $20.00 to $30.00 to have me re-size it and send it back to you; and then there is the time it will take (could be 2+ weeks). My return policy specifically prohibits a refund for ordering a ring custom made to a size that does not fit (you ordered the wrong size). Why not just measure the finger and get it ordered right the first time?

However, in this time of the Covid-19 Pandemic, a trip to a jewelry store to have your finger measured may be difficult and potentially dangerous. Thus, I am offering this MULTISIZER ring finger gauge to be sent to you with free shipping to an address in the USA. While not quite as accurate as metal finger gauges, if used properly this will give you a more accurate size than a string, or a ribbon, or a guess. You can purchase one with free shipping here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/876114033/multisizer-ring-sizing-gague-for

Gemologically Speaking; This is the educational part:

Did you know that ruby and sapphire are actually the same stone? Most people think of blue when they think of sapphire, but it actually comes in all colors. Sapphire is the mineral corundum, or aluminum oxide. It occurs naturally in blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, clear, pink, red, and in every shade, combination, and intensity of these colors you can imagine. Medium to dark red to red-purple corundum is usually called ruby, and all other colors called sapphire. But it's all the same gem mineral; corundum.

Corundum is crystalline aluminum oxide (Al2O3). The various stone colors come from very small quantities of some other metal in the crystal lattice. In the case of ruby, chromium is the metal that makes it red. Titanium by itself makes sapphire clear, and Iron by itself makes sapphire yellow. Iron and Titanium together make sapphire blue. All the other colors come from mixtures of 2 or 3 of these metals in the crystal lattice. Corundum is actually fairly common in low silica igneous and metamorphic rock, but as gray or brown grains, not in translucent gem quality crystals. It takes very special conditions to form transparent gem corundum or star corundum crystals. Corundum is usually formed in metamorphic rocks such as marble, schist, and gneiss. It is very hard, having a hardness of 9.0 on the Mohs scale. Common corundum is used as an abrasive, such as in sandpaper. Being hard and heavy, with a specific gravity of 3.95 to 4.1, as large amounts of corundum bearing rocks are eroded and weathered away over time, corundum crystals become concentrated in placer deposits in drainages below the corundum containing rock strata; just like gold nuggets in gold placer deposits. Since gem crystals are few and far between in the rock, it is usually not possible to mine the rock in the mountains to find the crystals, and make a profit. But the corundum crystals become concentrated together by gravity in the placer deposits formed below. Thus almost all ruby and sapphire mines in the world are placer mines where miners "pan" through the dirt and sand in stream basins to find the rubies and sapphires.

For millenia it has been common practice to heat ruby and sapphire to improve the color and transparency. Truly unheated natural sapphire or ruby is much, much rarer than you might believe. 95% of all ruby and sapphire on the market today has been heated. If the stone is not of low quality (many internal inclusions) or for clear stones if the price is not thousands of dollars per carat, the sapphire has most likely been heated. And heating is not the only treatment commonly used on sapphire and ruby. There are also more aggressive treatments such as coating (dying), diffusion heating, fissure filling, and irradiation.

The stones used in this ring have been heated and any fissures lead glass filled. These are identical to the rubies you would purchase in any major jewelry store, except you would pay twice or 3 times the price there. So, how does heating and fissure filling affect the price of a ruby? If you prefer a natural untreated ruby, I can probably get you one that looks about the same for around $900.00 or more.

Metaphysically Speaking:

Sapphires powers are psychism, love, meditation, peace, and healing. Historically sapphire has been associated with alignment with and realization of an individual's destiny. It has been said to promote mental clarity, clear perception, and wisdom because it has the ability to draw out knowledge and wisdom buried deep within the sub-conscious mind. It can assist the wearer in finding and accomplishing their purpose here in life. It is a powerful stone to be used in meditation to increase the flow of wisdom. It has had a position of importance in all historical religions throughout the world, due to this connection with divine wisdom. It is also a stone to facilitate and help all human relationships; love relationships, business, friends, extended family, and everyone else you connect with in your life. As the guardian of love, it attunes the feelings of lovers for each other, and promotes fidelity. It works the same for you in business dealings or any other dealings with people. It just makes the relationship flow and work. Physically it is said to strengthen the eyes, halt fever, and stop nose bleeds. It can aid communication, ameliorate depression, and increase mental clarity, intuition, clairvoyance, and calm. Star Sapphire is thought to be far more powerful in all of these attributes than translucent sapphire. Sapphire is the traditional birthstone for those born in September. It is associated with the astrological signs Virgo and Libra in the Zodiac.

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*INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: I no longer ship to countries outside the USA.