The red rocks come in raspberry red and orange red color, as well as pink.Īn imperial topaz with shades of red Imperial Topaz These red gemstones have only been recently discovered, with deposits found in Madagascar and Afghanistan. Pezzottaites are beryl like red beryl, though of a slightly different variety as other beryls due to the presence of lithium in the red stones. Source: Rob Lavinsky, – CC-BY-SA-3.0 Pezzottaite The red rocks are mostly found in Asia, with Myanmar, formerly Burma, having provided the biggest supply of fine rubies for centuries. Though traditionally the birthstone for the month of December and the zodiac sign Capricorn, the red gemstones were made the birthstone for July, while Hindus regard the precious red stones as the birthstone of the immediately following month, August. The clearer of the red jewels being the more expensive. The clarity of the red gems also contributes to their value. What’s described as pigeon-blood red rubies accordingly command higher prices. The richer the color of the red rocks is, the higher is the value of the red precious stones. This color in the precious red stones is the single most powerful factor in determining their price. The name ruby comes from the Latin word rubeus, literally meaning “red.” Like sapphires, ruby hails from the mineral group conundrum, the difference being that rubies are red gemstones, the color ranging from blood red to pink. Source: Rob Lavinsky, – CC-BY-SA-3.0 Ruby Beryl, excluding emerald, is the birthstone for the zodiac sign Scorpio.

The red gems are so rare indeed it’s little wonder that the red jewels are among the most expensive of colored gems. The red rocks are found in a very few places in America, namely in the states of Utah and New Mexico. Like diamonds, a pure beryl is by nature colorless, but this precious stone often gets tinted by other minerals, resulting in colored beryls, including green beryl or emerald, and the precious red stones. A cut piece of the rare red diamondįrom Fancy Diamonds, CC BY-SA 2.0 Red Berylįormerly called bixbite, red beryl is a species of very rare red gemstones. Diamonds in general are the birthstones for the month of April. There are only a very few of the red precious stones known in existence, and most of the red gemstones are quite small. The hardest of all stones, natural diamonds are mostly clear, but impurities give diamonds various colors, the rarest being the red rocks. Yes, there are red diamonds, but these precious red stones are extremely rare.

Black nails with red gems