Real Ruby Test ? I think I stumbled upon a cheap way to see if a Ruby is real!?!?!

[ldantiques07]

So, I treasure hunt, not really in the dirt, but in thrift stores and such. They have become very educated in the area of whats worth a crap ton of money, and it stinks, but I found what I think might be a HUGE RUBY 7.1 carats, its clean but not completely clean. SO, I tried to figure out how to tell if its real. I read try scratching on a quartz, which i did, and it scratched the crap out of it. So by chance, the ruby is a Briolette or tear drop shape, think of a fancy chandelier with crystals hanging, the shape of those hanging crystals. So, by accident I was playing with my $15 eBay green laser pointer. I have a clear crystal I hang from a string and it shoots beams all over the room, so I decided to try it on my ruby... And wow! It turned SUPER bright red, but the laser beams were green again when they exited the stoneView attachment 852804View attachment 852804 . Its pretty trippy or cool.. So, I tried with other red stones and glass I have, and nothing has produced the same effect... SO does anyone know if this is a valid easy test or not to tell weather or not a ruby is at least a ruby.. now natural or earth mined and synthetic, I am not sure how to tell of if the green laser can tell, but I figured this would be the place to come and see!

 

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[ldantiques07]

here is a picture with all the lights off...

 

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[unclemac]

interesting....could it be a synthetic?

 

[ldantiques07]

The only way to tell if its natural or synthetic is by having a gemologist work thier magic with some sort of machine that cost a fortune... soo... i may have it looked at, my luck, vaseline glass from the early 1900s the uranium in it makes it glow.. LOL..

 

[Eu_citzen]

Only way to tell if it's natural is putting it under magnification and having a good understanding of what you see.
Or sending it to a lab and get it certified, then you'll know for sure.

I think you're getting some kind of flouresence from the laser..?

 

[Brian T. Booth]

So, I treasure hunt, not really in the dirt, but in thrift stores and such. They have become very educated in the area of whats worth a crap ton of money, and it stinks, but I found what I think might be a HUGE RUBY 7.1 carats, its clean but not completely clean. SO, I tried to figure out how to tell if its real. I read try scratching on a quartz, which i did, and it scratched the crap out of it. So by chance, the ruby is a Briolette or tear drop shape, think of a fancy chandelier with crystals hanging, the shape of those hanging crystals. So, by accident I was playing with my $15 eBay green laser pointer. I have a clear crystal I hang from a string and it shoots beams all over the room, so I decided to try it on my ruby... And wow! It turned SUPER bright red, but the laser beams were green again when they exited the stone<img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=852806"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=852807"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=852808"/>. Its pretty trippy or cool.. So, I tried with other red stones and glass I have, and nothing has produced the same effect... SO does anyone know if this is a valid easy test or not to tell weather or not a ruby is at least a ruby.. now natural or earth mined and synthetic, I am not sure how to tell of if the green laser can tell, but I figured this would be the place to come and see!

Try a UV test. One of the easiest tests for a ruby. The ruby will emit a fluorescent glow under a UV light.

 

[Brian T. Booth]

So, I treasure hunt, not really in the dirt, but in thrift stores and such. They have become very educated in the area of whats worth a crap ton of money, and it stinks, but I found what I think might be a HUGE RUBY 7.1 carats, its clean but not completely clean. SO, I tried to figure out how to tell if its real. I read try scratching on a quartz, which i did, and it scratched the crap out of it. So by chance, the ruby is a Briolette or tear drop shape, think of a fancy chandelier with crystals hanging, the shape of those hanging crystals. So, by accident I was playing with my $15 eBay green laser pointer. I have a clear crystal I hang from a string and it shoots beams all over the room, so I decided to try it on my ruby... And wow! It turned SUPER bright red, but the laser beams were green again when they exited the stone<img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=852806"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=852807"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=852808"/>. Its pretty trippy or cool.. So, I tried with other red stones and glass I have, and nothing has produced the same effect... SO does anyone know if this is a valid easy test or not to tell weather or not a ruby is at least a ruby.. now natural or earth mined and synthetic, I am not sure how to tell of if the green laser can tell, but I figured this would be the place to come and see!

Specific gravity test is also a real easy way of identifying. Corundum is a dense mineral.

 

[EccentricInTexas]

It is interesting I don't know if this is a proof test of rubies or not but it would help in the culling of fakes!!!