How does a ruby get its red colour?

Question

How does a ruby get its red colour?

Answer 1

Crystal lattice property.

Answer 2

Ruby gets its color from minerals but mostly from an element called Chromium. There is plenty more about them including where to get the best ones from and also alot about imitations, though closely resembling them they are far less valuable, at this link below. Glad I could be of some help.... Anthony

Answer 3

Minerals from the earth

Answer 4

MINERALS?

Answer 5

mineral

Answer 6

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Answer 7

A Ruby is a pink to blood red gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). The common red color is caused mainly by the element chromium. Its name comes from ruber, Latin for red.

Answer 8

Minerals and trace elements, each gemstone has different minerals and trace elements (different both in actual materials and sometimes different percentages of the same materials).

Answer 9

A Ruby is a pink to blood red gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). The common red color is caused mainly by the element chromium. Its name comes from ruber, Latin for red. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires. It is considered one of the four precious stones, together with the sapphire, the emerald and the diamond.

Prices of rubies are primarily determined by color. The brightest and best "red" called pigeon blood red, commands a huge premium over other rubies of similar quality. After color follows clarity: similar to diamonds, a clear stone will command a premium, but a ruby without any needle-like rutile inclusions will indicate the stone has been treated one way or another. Cut and carat (size) also determine the price.

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Answer 10

The internal lattice properties of the gemstone defuse the non ruby parts of the light spectrum.