Sun stone
Ruby
Ruby, or Manik, is a deep pink to blood-red stone of the corundum family. In Vedic astrology it is worn for success and growth in business, career, social standing, authority, and self-confidence.
Unheated Untreated Starts from ₹4,000 per carat
- Element
- Fire
- Hardness
- 9 on the Mohs scale
- Specific gravity
- 3.97 to 4.05
- Formation
- Over 200 million years in formation
- Worn on
- Ring finger
- Chemical composition
- Aluminium oxide (Al₂O₃)
- Mineral family
- Corundum Variety
Deposits
Where It's Found
Quality
Said to bring