Hi Everyone! Welcome back to my channel, this is Bonnie with By Bonnie Jewelry, where I talk about
all things diamonds !Well today we're actually going to be featuring or learning about Rubies!
but if you love jewelry make sure you like my video, subscribe to my channel and don't forget
to follow me on social media @bybonniejewelry Okay, so let's jump right into the story...I love
stories of how the client actually came to me and made this ring! This particular client is
actually a referral...She saw one of her co-workers had...had a ring on her hand made by me and she
absolutely fell in love and she told me when we initially had a consultation she said...
"You know what Bonnie, I'm looking for something that reminds me of my grandmother!..." I said...Oh
Like I love this beautiful story because you're making jewelry...it's very sentimental! So she told
me that when she was little, she had always just seen her grandmother wear this red ruby ring
on her hand and that's her memory of her grandma and she just really wanted that! Now she's a little
older, so she's been thinking about it all her life... she's like you know what...I'm finally gonna pull
the trigger, I'm gonna get it done and when she met with me...you know, color stones...I mean diamonds
you can do a lot of research online...you know it goes by like D-E-F colorless, near colorless...but
I feel like rubies or any other colored gemstone it's a little bit harder to really figure out
what it's all about because there's all origins of the gemstone...the color and it's not really
graded by like VS-VVS just like diamonds...so today I'm going to break down some of the things that
I look out for when I'm choosing a ruby! So I want to talk about the process of how I curate
rubies for my clients...so to be very specific the first thing that I look for is definitely the
overall look of the color gem, whether it be ruby sapphire or green emerald...it's really important
besides looking at any type of like report or paperwork, especially color...I feel like it's such a
subjective thing. The most important thing is when you look at it how does it make you feel...? Is it
beautiful? Does the color speak to you? I think those are very important things besides looking
at the actual certificate of the gemstone but if you want to break it down what I particularly
look for is going to be...saturation in the color of the gem....transparency of the gemstone
and also overtone. So those are kind of the main cues I look for when I'm choosing ruby!
So when I say saturation...you're really talking about how saturated the red is...right!
So you'll notice that you know you...might have heard you know the term pigeon blood red
rubies that is a very well-known term in the trade. Number 2: will be the transparency...
How clear is the gemstone...to make it easier to understand so because inclusions in color
gem are not like you know...VS-VVS...it's really we go by eye clean as and how transparent the
stone is and how the color reflects to the eye...is really important and number 3: would be
the overtone....so the less overtone meaning the less brown or less purple there is overtone in
the stone the more red it is...It makes it more valuable...okay! And another thing that you know
generally we talk about in the trade is color gems most of the time are heat treated to bring out the
color of the gem better...so that is a very common practice in color gem. So one of the things that
you know people look for...it could be heat or no heat...no heat meaning the gemstone just came out of
the ground and gets cut exactly like that, has not been treated at all...so those are going to be the
most expensive, most rare type of color gem you can find and so you'll hear those terms pretty often!
Definitely much harder to get these days... also the origin of the gemstones so...ruby in
specific you'll hear Myanmar, which is previously Burma...they're very well known for producing
top quality rubies and the this one from the video that we're featuring is from Mozambique, which is
in Africa and they also are really well known for producing really beautiful rubies! So those are the
steps that I take in looking for that perfect color gem...I would say this is definitely
harder to look at and compare than diamonds...Get somebody with very very experienced eye to help
you with a project like this...of course the setting...! Oh my Goodness...! I can't explain to you enough how
important the setting is...especially in color gem, that's gonna bring this ring alive and to give
you this amazing sparkle and this overall look of the ring! It is so important to have it set in a
quality craftsmanship setting...just like I talk about in any of my diamond videos...!
Anyway, so my client...after she saw it...she's just in love! She just couldn't believe her eyes!
The way we just designed...I designed it with this tapered cathedral...one of our signature
rings with the hidden halo...I've done this in natural...I've done this in diamonds, so you can
definitely check that out! I just felt like this ruby really needed center stage attention and
we wanted to do some bling on the side, which would enhance the overall look of the stone!
The yellow gold definitely helps bring out the color in the red in my opinion...it just adds
that warmth to the red, which we really like and it just came out absolutely amazing! I do
appreciate when clients just let me kind of take over in the design part because I just feel like...
We make so many rings, so there are...there are definitely things that we look for, that sometimes
the clients don't know or we can...that will help enhance the overall look of the ring...!
That's it for today! I hope you guys love this ruby ring! Just a little tip for you...if you are born in July
ruby is your birthstone...okay! All right, thank you so much you guys! I'll see you in my next video! Bye...