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Is It a Ruby or a Pink Sapphire?

July 11, 2009
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Is It a Ruby or a Pink Sapphire?

They’re two different things, right?  Or are they?  Rubies and sapphires are actually color variations of the same mineral, corundum.   Corundum occurrs in a remarkably wide color spectrum including blues, pinks, reds, yellows, greens, blacks, whites, and every shade in between.  Traditionally, the red variety has been called ruby while all of the...
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Jessi is the creative mind, jewelry maker, web designer, and marketer of Distinction Jewelry. She has an obsession with pretty colored gemstones, and may in fact be part magpie.

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