Czochralski Ruby Cut Stone "The Bloody Tear"

Czochralski Ruby Cut Stone "The Bloody Tear"This is a teardrop shaped lab ruby weighing 20 ct and measuring 24. 1 x 13. 9mm. I cut this one myself in my newly updated 'Bloody Tear' design. This ruby was grown by the Czochralski method, an advanced growth technique that produces more perfect crystals with purer chemistry than the typical stones used in jewelry. This one is likely codoped with a little bit of iron to give it a more pure red red color vs the slightly magenta red of a pure chromium

It has a totally unique color

never found in nature

Light passing through TGG in the presence of a magnetic field has its polarization rotated

Note this stone does have some scratches

It's intense enough not to pale out in smaller pieces

Production of gem grade is fairly scarce today

5 and no durability issues

9ct and measures 16

04) giving it incredible brilliance and fire

We will have more of these and more cut variety in the future

I have also added two options for smaller 'starter' dice rough:

Erbium YAG has a very obvious color change between different light sources