1.62 ct. Sri Lankan Star Ruby
Color: Medium Dark Purplish-Red
Clarity: Transparent
Origin: Sri Lanka
Cut: Oval Cabochon
Treatments: None
Measurements: 6.6 x 4.7 x 6.3 mm
Perhaps more correctly called a purplish-pink Star Sapphire (these are almost always given the ‘ruby’ designation in Sri Lanka), this is a lovely star in a fine size. Quite sharp and mobile, the star is well centered and gem itself is exceptionally gemmy and transparent. Rather interestingly there is a complete formed crystal as an inclusion - you can see this in the oblique light of the second photo; it is largely obscured by the star but you would certainly need to be comfortable with it. A very fine gem with a lovely star.