1.01 Ct. Ruby from Mozambique

A single verse of color and light, this transparent 1.01 carat pear shaped pinkish red ruby sings with a soft and fervent glow, a treasure from Mozambique entrusted to you by The Natural Ruby Company. Its graceful silhouette measures 8.79 by 4.55 by 2.78 millimeters, a perfect teardrop for vows and quiet promises, cut in a mixed brilliant style that marries the flash of brilliant facets with the deep pool of step facets. Viewed at eye level it is graded very slightly included, a purity that allows the stone to breathe light freely, and its intense color intensity is matched by an excellent polish, every facet rendering a mirror finish that blushes and brightens with every movement. This ruby is natural and unfixed by enhancement, carrying its geology and story intact, a gem that feels both ancient and immediate in the palm, in a setting, in the heart.

The reason this ruby sparkles in a way that feels almost otherworldly lies in its very structure and the thoughtfulness of its cutting, a partnership between nature and the cutter that The Natural Ruby Company celebrates. Corundum has a proud crystalline order and a lustrous refractive character, traits that encourage light to enter, be folded and multiplied within, then emerge as vivid flashes and lingering flashes of color. The mixed brilliant cut amplifies that behavior by giving the crown and pavilion a choreography of facets, some angled to throw out pinpoint scintillation, others aligned to deepen and return intense, even color. The pear shape gathers light toward its point, creating a luminous heartbeat that moves with the wearer, while the excellent polish keeps each facet as a tiny window, uncompromised by surface haze. Because the stone is transparent and only very slightly included when viewed at eye level, light weaves through it with remarkable freedom, producing a liveliness and resilience of sparkle that treatments cannot replicate. At Mohs hardness nine the ruby holds its edge and its shine, so the sparkle you fall for today will continue to speak for years to come. Let this ruby from Mozambique, presented with care by The Natural Ruby Company, become the jewel that carries your story, shimmering with structure, color, and the quiet proof that the most natural things are often the most beguiling.