18 Carat Yellow Gold Ruby & Diamond Drop Earrings

These beautiful hinge half hoop fasten drop earrings, made in 18 carat yellow gold, are each set with three 2.5mm round brilliant cut vivid raspberry pink rubies and one 2.75mm round brilliant cut bezel set diamond. 
 
Specifications
Metal - 18 carat yellow gold
Fasten - Hinge half hoops with bar 
Earring length - 24mm
Total ruby weight - Approximately 0.60ct
Ruby grade - Colour - AAA vivid redish pink with medium to dark tone and excellent saturation. Clarity - Eye clean to slight 
Total diamond weight - Approximately 0.03ct
Diamond grade - G/H VS2 
 
Care and Cleaning
Ruby is a highly durable gemstone with a high hardness rating which means it resist scratches very well and is ideal for everyday wear. It is also a very tough gem but that does not mean it is indestructible. Even a gem as hard and though as ruby may chip or fracture under sharp strong impacts so care should always be taken whilst wearing, putting on or removing your jewellery.
 
You should always store your ruby jewellery away from other coloured gemstones as ruby and sapphire may scratch gems with a lower hardness rating. (All gemstones apart from diamond and synthetic moissanite have a lower hardness rating than sapphire and ruby which both belong to the corundum mineral species)
To prolog the life of the stones we always recommend putting your jewellery on  after any hair products, makeup, lotions or perfumes are applied. 
 
Experts estimate that around 95% of all ruby on the market today has been heat treated to improve its apparent colour and sometimes its clarity. Heat treatment in corundum is stable (permanent) under normal and can often be undetectable so always assume a ruby has been heat treated unless proven otherwise. 
Many rubies have natural fractures or surface reaching cavities or these may be created during heat treatment. To improve the stones clarity and durability it is common for surface reaching cavities in ruby to be filled with a transparent epoxy resin, lead-based glass or sometimes oil. These treatments can be easily detected by a trained gemologist but nevertheless they should always be disclosed by a retailer (treatments are disclosed below if applicable). If a ruby has been cavity or fractured filled it is not safe to put in an ultrasonic or steam cleaner as these cleaners may damage or remove the filling. They should also not be exposed to high temperatures or harsh chemicals during wear. 
 
*These rubies show no table up indication of cavity of fracture filling
 
Education
If you would like to learn more about gemstone treatments, what these treatments are and what they do, as well as which treatments are stable and how to look after gemstones with unstable treatments, please visit our education page.