1.78 Ct. Ruby from Mozambique

Imagine a heartbeat captured in mineral form, a drop of warmth from the earth that became this 1.78 carat ruby, oval shape, with dimensions 8.88 x 7.15 x 3.17 mm. Long before human hands polished it to a mixed brilliant cut and revealed its inner fire, it was born in a slow, secret ceremony of heat and pressure that unfolded millions of years ago. Deep within the crust where ancient plates embraced and separated, fluids rich with aluminum and chromium threaded through fractures in rock, and under the patient pressure of time, corundum crystals began to organize themselves into lattices that would remember the sunlight. The chromium whispered red into the heart of the forming crystal, gifting the stone with its pinkish red hue, and layers of geological memory were sealed with each passing age. When erosion and uplift finally nudged the rock upward, the ruby slept for another geologic breath beneath soils that would one day be tilled by hands in Mozambique, where this gem found the surface.

At The Natural Ruby Company we cherish the story each gemstone carries, and we present this piece with that same reverence. Transparent, intense in color, and graded included at eye level, this ruby is a living jewel, its tenderness shown in tiny natural inclusions that testify to its passage through time. Heat treated to enhance its radiance, the stone now offers an intense, romantic color, and an excellent polish that lets light travel through its facets and return as warmth. The mixed brilliant cut magnifies its inner flame, balancing scintillation with the gentle sweep of an oval silhouette, a shape that cradles light and finger alike. Picture the ruby set in a ring that cradles a promise, or worn as a pendant that rests near the heart, the size and proportions, 8.88 x 7.15 x 3.17 mm, fitting elegantly into designs that demand both presence and grace.

Hold this gem and you hold an echo of time, a compacted history of heat and voyage that began in the green heart of the earth and ended in your palm. Visualize ancient rivers and miners in Mozambique bringing this ruby from riverbed or seam to daylight, artisans revealing its potential through careful cutting and polishing, and at last The Natural Ruby Company offering it with transparency and respect for its origin. This ruby is more than color and carat, it is testimony and selection, a stone that invites vows and quiet celebrations, that answers a soft question with a brilliant yes. For those who seek a romantic treasure that has lived many lives before meeting its next, this oval pinkish red ruby carries both story and sparkle, ready to become the intimate chapter that follows.