5/10/2023 0 Comments Padparadscha ruby![]() ![]() Allen Ginsberg, Howlstarving hysterical naked… Ruby or pink sapphire? A lesson from the past Too often, we feelfor the dots on the lab cert, rather than looking with our own eyes to see if it is beautiful. lesser branches of the corundum family tree, we behaveas though we are all graduates of the Braille Academy of the Visual Arts. Unfortunately, when it comes to questions like ruby vs.pink sapphire, or padparadscha vs. This clearly illustrates the problemscreated by overly narrow variety definitions. Stone 2 walks the line, a ruby to some,while a mere pink sapphire to others. Most gem dealers would classify stones 3 and 4 as rubies, whilestone 1 would be a pink sapphire. The question is whether or not a variety name should encompass hue positionalone, or segregate gems of the same hue into different groups based on often poorlyunderstood tone and saturation ranges – factors that often have a direct bearing on quality.įour corundums of the same hue (red), but showing a variation in saturationand tone. The crux of what I’m about to discuss is a desire – most human Iadmit – for a simple word to separate something that has stymied the best minds of mygeneration. Do I really want to continue reading? Straight outof the gate this man is three sheets into a gale-force Beat ramble.īut follow me here, people. If the gem isn’t buff enough to make the centerfold of Gem & Gemology, it issniffed at as a “lesser being” unworthy of the name.Īnd when it comes to the crimson corundums, despite a decade’s worth of McCarthyism weYanks still cannot sort out the difference between a pinko and a true red.īy this point, I know what you’re thinking. Ever notice how gemologists and dealers toss the term padparadscha around like somekinda überrock. ![]()
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