Solitaire Ruby Pendant 3.02 Ct., 18K White Gold

This pendant is a study in proportion and restraint, executed entirely in platinum 950 to provide both structural security and a cool, enduring backdrop for the central stone. The design language fuses clean modern lines with a classical silhouette, producing an object that reads contemporary in scale and detail, and timeless in its overall composition. The openwork bale is sculpted to balance the weight of the gem while allowing unobstructed light entry, and the prong geometry is arranged to present the heart motif with maximum visual clarity. Every junction and junction line has been minimized to emphasize the stone itself, while the metalwork preserves an elevated sense of refinement. The Natural Ruby Company places this piece at the intersection of technical gemology and high jewelry fabrication, delivering a pendant that satisfies both the informed connoisseur and the client seeking enduring style.

At the center of the piece sits a GRS certified vivid red Pigeons Blood ruby, natural and untreated, weighing 3.02 carat, heart shape, with dimensions 7.35 x 9.06 x 5.14 mm. The cutter applied a mixed brilliant cut, combining a brilliant facet arrangement on the crown with a modified pavilion to enhance scintillation and color saturation, preserving a strong, even red across the table and lobes. Clarity is graded eye clean at typical viewing distance, indicating no inclusions obstructing the window of light that defines brilliance. Polish is excellent, which maximizes facet junction crispness and surface contrast to encourage lively return of red flashes. The GRS report affirms no enhancement, and records Mozambique as the origin, a source known for producing stones with vivid hue and strong saturation. These objective parameters have been balanced to produce a ruby whose visual presence aligns with the historic Pigeons Blood standard for top tier red saturation, while retaining natural crystal integrity and untreated status.

The proportions and faceting of this heart shape are engineered for optimal light performance, depth percentage calculated from the supplied dimensions is approximately 56.7 percent, a proportion that supports both depth of color and lively internal reflection. The mixed brilliant scheme features a dominant table facet sized to allow a broad, uniform face up color, while secondary crown facets create scintillation and contrast along the heart lobes. The culet area is managed to avoid dark extinction, with pavilion angles calibrated to return light rather than leak it, and facet symmetry maintained to a high degree to preserve precise heart symmetry and balance. The setting follows these optical priorities, with prongs positioned to secure the cleft between the lobes and to protect the pointed base, while maintaining minimal metal obstruction to the pavilion and crown. The gallery is open to facilitate cleaning and light interaction, while the basket is engineered to distribute mechanical stress across the platinum 950 structure, ensuring both comfort and longevity in everyday wear.

Craftsmanship techniques include hand finishing of the platinum 950, controlled polishing to maintain crisp facet reflections, and precision soldering and filing to produce a seamless transition between bale and basket. The metal is left in its natural platinum tone to complement the vivid red without introducing additional plating or surface color shifts. The pendant mounts to a fine, proportionate chain that allows the piece to sit flat at the collarbone, and the bale geometry is optimized to prevent torque of the gem during movement. Documentation from The Natural Ruby Company accompanies the piece, including the GRS certificate detailing weight, dimensions, cut type, clarity evaluation, color grade, no enhancement notation, and origin. For the technically minded buyer, this pendant offers a meticulous convergence of gemological quality and expert fabrication, a modern expression of classical gem setting that retains timeless appeal and reliable performance over a lifetime of wear.