I am new at this and have been tumbling fow a short time now and starting to facet. I have a stone I got while in NC and was told it was a ruby
It glows bright red onder uv light and is heavy campared to other stones however when I tested hardness I can scratch it with a 8 but not a 7. Do you think this is a ruby or not.
Also I have this stone and have no idea what it is also found in NC and it is very hard to scratch with a 9 both colors.
Both stones have been tumbled on step 1.
Thank you
Do an SG test on both of these. However, neither looks like anything special. I’d look for some decent faceting rough and occupy myself with that. -royjohn
thank you. I was not going to facet these i am trying Quartz I will continue to tumble these and see what comes out. I just did not think the red one could be ruby as was told because its not hard enough.
Thank You for your input
Reminds me of of a couple of beryl I’m working on… i think it is at least. lol
Red one looks like ruby. Think I see a hexagonal shape as you’d expect of ruby. Not high quality, tho.
Yes.
Red one is definitely a Ruby, I have one just like this, it glows under UV light, not worth a lot, Our local Gem Club shop sells them for about $10-$20
Cheers
Graeme FGA
Thank you for your input, hrlps alot
