Ruby is distinguished for its bright red color being the most famed and fabled red gemstone.
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A material which is mostly the same can exhibit different colors.
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Rubies are made from corundum a crystalline form of aluminum oxide.
In the past cabbed blood red gemstones were known collectively as carbuncles.
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The ruby s red color comes from trace amounts of the element chromium which replace aluminum in the mineral and change its color.
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Beside for its bright color it is a most desirable gem due to its hardness durability luster and rarity transparent rubies of large sizes are even rarer than diamonds.
A ruby appears red because it absorbs all the other colors of white light while reflecting the red.
When corundum is red we call it ruby.
However many famous genuine rubies have fascinating histories too.
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For example ruby and sapphire have the same primary chemical composition both are corundum but exhibit different colors because of impurities.
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As the science of gemology developed many historically important rubies such as the famed black prince s ruby of the british crown jewels proved to be other red gems most often red spinels.
When it s any other color such as blue yellow or pink we call it sapphire.
