“An orange foreign material is present in surface reaching fractures”

[Autumn in New England]

Sorry @Autumn in New England I only just saw this comment! You would have seen the info on the rainbow thread by now. It is an unheated, untreated ruby 4.11 ct. i bought it during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, when prices were lower than usual.

Oh yes, she and I are well acquainted at this point!!

 

[JewelledEscalators]

@JewelledEscalators How did you find out? Thanks for sharing. I believe it is more widespread because not everyone gets their stones tested or checked.

Ha, well in my case I found out because that's what it said on the WGI gem lab cert that was included with the ring

Probably an honest mistake by the auction house (at least I'd like to think so) as it's not that common to find rubies that are oil filled. I actually thought maybe the gem lab made a mistake and since it only mentioned that it was unheated and fracture filled but not what the material was, so I contacted them and they told me their records showed it was oiled.

Still, a lovely ring (both the design and the gemstone) and I do miss it - it was relisted but went for more than I was willing to pay for it.

 

[JewelledEscalators]

I think perhaps it's more common with spinels.