Chatham Ruby Loose

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Chatham ruby loose.

It s almost impossible to mine flawless rubies and many mined rubies are enhanced with heat and fracture filling to improve their appearance. The only difference is where they form above the earth versus below the earth. These gemstones have the same physical chemical and optical properties as mined gemstones and diamonds have. Chatham lab grown rubies are not cheap flame fusion or pulled rubies.

We create the perfect environment rich in chromium to give our crystals a vivid red color. Celebrate with loose chatham. Chatham ruby discovery in 1949 carroll f. A lab grown gemstone is identical physically optically and chemically to its mined counterpart.

After years of experimentation he was finally rewarded. Because they are carefully grown you can expect your chatham created ruby to have gorgeous color and consistent quality. Rubies are very rare. All chatham rubies are gem quality with no inclusions visible to the naked eye.

Chatham lab grownwhat s the difference and which is better. For most of recorded history rubies have been the most valuable gems. 5 trending colored stone choices rubies have long been prized for their dark red color with blood red rubies being the most valuable. We don t make gems.

Lab grown or natural ruby. Chatham alexandrite round cut in grade gem any custom size available 3 4 week lead time 390 per carat finished weight enquire here. Chatham created blue sapphires are just as beautiful as some of the worlds most valuable mined sapphires. Chatham is recognized as the leader of laboratory grown gemstones with a large selection of rubies blue pink white and yellow sapphires emeralds padparadscha alexandrite aqua blue spinel and diamond chatham does not make gems rather they control the environment so that crystals can grow naturally by recreating the conditions in which gems grow in the earth.

In fact in the united states i. Chatham is proud to be the pioneer of lab grown gemstones and lab created diamonds. Chatham the original architects and brand authority of the lab grown gemstone industry since 1938 as well as lab grown diamonds since 1993. They grow in their natural crystal habit in a controlled environment.

We start with a naturally mined seed of fine burmese ruby. We control the environment so that crystals can grow naturally. We once lost an entire year s growth of ruby due to a 0 001. In 1958 he introduced the chatham created ruby a gemstone identical in beauty and physical properties to its natural counterpart.

Chatham grows ruby crystals in a six month process that we ve refined over decades. The conditions have to be precisely right. Chatham began scientific research into nature s secret of growing gem quality ruby. Our lab grown chatham rubies have an almost pigeon s blood color and exceptional clar.

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