MAGNIFICENT RUBY
FINEST GEM FOR TEN YEARS. A magnificent ruby, for which, it is stated, £15,000 was refused two years rgo, has come into the possession of a dealer in Hatton Garden, London, E.C. The ruby weighed nearly 20 carats in the rough and came from Burmia, where it was found by two natives. It has now been cut down to 7| carats and is said by experts to be of the much-prized pigeon's blood colour -and to he one of the finest rubies found in the last 10 years. IRlibies have not been a popular stone with women in recent years, because they have not been wearing colours with which rubies would match. But with the return of regal velvets and richer colour schemes there is an indication that the gem will regain its favour. The ruby for centuries has been regarde-d with some superstition. George • Meredith speaks of it as "the gleam of murder," and in some countries it is spoken of as the blood-stone.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 528, 11 May 1933, Page 7
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167MAGNIFICENT RUBY Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 528, 11 May 1933, Page 7
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