Here we have a sensuous natural unheated untreated ruby and diamond 14K gold tennis bracelet, 4.16 carats total weight.
The beautiful natural rubies are a superb vivid red with a stunning match for color throughout. These wonderful unheated untreated rubies are a glowing rich ruby red - they are just as mother nature made them having been faceted and polished only!
Each pretty ruby with a lovely white diamond following it in alternating links to create the perfect color contrast.
What I love about this bracelet is how slinky and sinuous it is. The perfection of the setting and very fine manufacture and the perfect match for size across the set extra fine gem quality rubies makes an incomparable difference to the experience and how this bracelet feels on the wrist.
In total there are 33 glowing vibrant red unheated untreated natural rubies measuring (2.70x1.95mm) weighing on average 12 points each.
The 33 diamonds are old round faceted cut, each weighing 0.6 points and are SI/I clarity and H/I/J in color.
The total ruby weight is 3.96 carats.
There is a total diamond weight of 0.20 carats
The total ruby and diamond weight 4.16 carats.
From end to end this pretty bracelet measures approximately 7 3/8" long by 1/8" wide (188.0mm x 2.7mm). It could be shortened easily by removing links if so desired.
Perfect for everyday wear the secure box clasp clicks nicely closed and has a figure eight safety catch to one side.
On the clasp it is signed and clearly stamped 14K, meaning solid 14 Karat gold, this confirmed by testing. It weighs 7.6 grams.
This beautiful natural red ruby bracelet is in lovely vintage condition and is ready to gift or to wear.
An Appraisal and Gem Report is included with your purchase.
We shall ship in a presentation box for safe keeping.
The photos form part of the description. Like all colored stones there is a color variation that occurs in different lighting conditions both inside but also outside, even the time of day can make the color of a stone appear a little different. We do our best to show colors as we see them. Color perception is highly individual and some people can perceive more colors than others, also colors can appear somewhat different on different screens and devices due to variations in screen hardware and device display settings.
Comment:
Unfortunately, in the last two decades many rubies seen in modern jewelry and rubies set as replacements in vintage and antique jewelry have had the color induced by high temperature heating in chemicals such as beryllium. This is called diffusion treatment and includes surface diffusion, bulk diffusion, lattice diffusion and deep diffusion. There are also sapphires treated heavily with beryllium treatment to imitate rubies. In recent years rubies have been clarity enhanced by filling any fissures or cracks with molten lead glass, sometimes the glass is colored as well, with time the filler falls out or goes cloudy ruining the stone. Polymer resins can be used in a similar way. Oftentimes this clarity enhancement may appear on certificates as the note(s) “residues” or “minor residues” or perhaps “foreign substance”. Colored coatings can be applied to the back of a ruby. These treatments are unacceptable and such treated stones are of very low value. We do not sell rubies with these treatments. These rubies are natural unheated and untreated as they were mined and are of extra fine gem quality. This fact makes this bracelet the perfect choice for a special ruby celebration such as a ruby anniversary, a wedding or an engagement to pass down in the family for generations to come.
