Unheated African Ruby 0.15 (RRMA015)

0.15 Carat
Deep Purlish Red
Medium Dark 70
Lightly Included

GRADING REPORT RRMA015

• Identification: Natural Unheated & Untreated Ruby
• Carat: 0.15
• Shape: Round
• Measures: 3.31x3.19x1.92 (millimeter)
• Color Grade: Very Good
• Tone: MD70
• Color Zoning: Faint
• Clarity: Lightly Included
• Cutting Grade: Very Good
  • Brilliancy: 75%
  • Depth: 60% 
• Origin: Mozambique
• Treatment: None

Certificate No: IIGJ 8118S175995

Overall Grade: Very Good

Comment: Lively ruby in 3mm round, always the rarest shape in ruby. With 15 points no giant but fully visible, always red, never pale, never dark, with good luster, no window, no inclusions and unheated. The hue is a classic purplish red with violet undertones, at Medium Dark 70 on the brighter side. Certified by a government-lab in Jaipur. Inclusions only under the lens or our 36x magnified images. Not the neon type, but what we call 'mild ruby'. Precious color addition to a pendant or fancy ring-design, or to fill a small ringsize with prongs under 4.5, the gem as rare and precious as a colored diamond, better in a drop or channel setting upto size 6. Small sapphires and rubies normally disappear into the big treatment processes, but these were set aside in the rough and cut to order for rising demand in smaller sizes. With straight light-infall, brilliancy overwhelms color and shows only a reddish round shape, hence these photos must be taken in low light. Small but without compromises and all services for the real thing under $1k.