Ruby is a red gemstone variety of Corundum. It comes under the precious stone.

Origin-: its name comes from ruber, Latin for red.

Other Names-: Manik, Padmaraga, Red-lotus colour gem, Shona-Ratna, Red Jewel, Ravi-Ratna, Gem of the Sun.

Color-: Red or pigeon blood red, maybe brownish, purplish or pinkish.

Mohs Hardness-: 9 with a trigonal crystal structure.

Lustre-: Vitreous to sub adamantine. 

Transparency-: Transparent to opaque.

Birthstone-: July.

Zodiac Sign-: Aries, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius.

Occurrence-: Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, India, Sri lanka, Tanzania, Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Malagasy Republic, Malawi, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, United States (Montana North Carolina).

Metaphysical Properties-:

• Encourages passion and zest for life.
• It improves motivation and setting of realistic goals.
• Balances the heart and instills confidence.
• Ruby encourages  joy, spontaneity, laughter and courage.
• It promotes positive dreams and stimulates the pineal gland.
• Aids in retaining wealth and passion.
• Ruby encourages removal of negative energies from your path.
• It overcomes exhaustion and  lethargy and imparts potency and vigor.
• Calms hyperactivity.
• Ruby detoxifies the body, blood and  lymphatic system.
• It treats fever, infectious diseases and restricted blood flow.
• Ruby stimulates the adrenals, kidneys, reproductive organs and spleen.

Enhancement-:

• Ruby is usually heat treated to improve colour and appearance.
• Surface cavities and fractures are commonly filled with a foreign material including glass.
• As a by-product of heat treatment the presence of solidified borax or similar colorless substances which are visible under the 10x magnification are common.