Star Ruby Rings

A box from Marcia of Fused N Twisted on Etsy,
this is going to be yummy...

Star Ruby Rings!

These are lab created rubies, transparent rather than the opaque pink
star rubies and milky blue star sapphires that are often found in jewelry.

The ring bands are hammered for extra shine, and are as beautifully

made as my other FNT ruby rings blogged about here and here.

The round stones are in smooth bezels and the oval stones are in

scalloped bezels, both variations look stunning.

The asterism effect is from small amounts of titanium dioxide impurities

that form tiny needle-like rutile structures which reflect light.

Usually this makes the stones look cloudy, these are the

clearest star rubies I've seen.

 Just like nature-created rubies, there are variations in color.

Rubies and sapphires together are called "corundum;" red

corundum is called ruby, everything else is called sapphire,
The ring on the left can be called either pink sapphire or ruby.

 This ring is showing the optical phenomenon of pleochroism,

different colors appearing from different angles, usually pink-red

(fuchsia) to orange-red (vermillion) in a ruby.

One more shot of the light dancing across this ring,
they are all so lovely!