17/07/2026
RUBY AND RUBELLITE: MORE DIFFERENT THAN YOU THINK ❤️
Their names sound similar, but Ruby and Rubellite are very different gemstones.
Ruby gets its famous red colour from chromium, while Rubellite owes its colour to manganese and iron.
One fascinating result of this difference is fluorescence. Rubies rich in chromium often glow dramatically under ultraviolet light, while the iron content in many rubellites can suppress this effect entirely.
Gemmology never stops surprising us.