Ruby and SapphireWhat’s the difference between Ruby and Sapphire? Which one is more precious and expensive?

The simple and perfect answer for the difference would be their COLORS. As a matter of fact, Ruby and Sapphire are the same mineral family. However, only red corundums are called rubies. Any other color is a just sapphire.

That’s why, rubies are rarer than sapphires. There is a relative abundance of smaller (1-3 carat) blue sapphires compared to the scarcity of even small red rubies, making even these smaller stones relatively high in value. In gemstone and jewelry world, the most prized variant of rubies color is called pigeons blood. And even, quality rubies can be more valuable than diamonds of the same size. Rubies are also much rarer in nature.

Although exquisite ruby and sapphire are actually similar, their mystique are also being differentiate in birthstone chart list. Sapphire is a birthstone for a person who was born in September, while ruby is for July. Both sapphire and ruby are prized with a romance and history as colorful as they are. Sapphires exist in all the shades of blue from the deep blue of evening skies to the bright and deep blue of a clear and beautiful summer sky. Sapphires also come in many other colors, not only in the transparent grayish misty blue of far horizons, but also displaying the bright fireworks of sunset colors yellow, pink, orange and purple. So sapphires are really and truly heavenly stones, although they are being found in the hard soil of our so-called “blue planet”.

Most of the precious ruby and sapphire are from Burma. When grading colored stones, the density and hue of the color are part of the evaluation, and its the richest, deepest colors that are the most prized. The vast majority of rubies are “native cut” in the country of origin. High value ruby rough is tightly controlled and rarely makes its way to custom cutters. Occasionally, such native stones are recut to custom proportions, albeit at a loss of weight and diameter. Custom cut and recut stones are usually more per carat.