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2.08及2.01克拉「緬甸」天然鴿血紅紅寶石配鑽石耳環一對, 紅寶石未經加熱處理
Two cushion-shaped rubies, 2.08 and 2.01 caratsTwenty pear-shaped diamonds in the surround, totalling 9.50 carats
Circular-cut rubies18 karat white gold附兩張瑞士Gübelin證書及20張美國GIA證書
完整圖錄內容
Traditionally, ‘pigeon’s blood’ is a term used by the local Burmese to describe the finest hue in a ruby. Some would say it is the colour of a fresh pomegranate seed, others a drop of blood from an artery on a highly polished silver plate. Another interpretation refers this colour to the center of a live pigeon’s eye, more specifically, a passenger pigeon’s eye. Burmese gemmologist Han Htun wrote, “A very wise old miner once told me that when you look a white pigeon in the eye you will see a distinct red color. This is “pigeon’s blood,” not the colour of the blood of the animal.” There is, however, a more scientific way to explain this vivid red found only in the best Mogok rubies.
Ruby is composed mainly of aluminium oxide, which is colourless in its purest form. The colour red itself comes from the element chromium that gives ruby its red body colour. What sets a pigeon’s blood ruby apart is the fluorescence effect --- the gem takes in blue and green light and emits red. This red glow helps to mask the darker extinction areas on a ruby and further enhance the redness of the stone, affording it the attractive saturated crimson colour that is comparable to an inextinguishable flame burning from within a ruby.
Ruby is composed mainly of aluminium oxide, which is colourless in its purest form. The colour red itself comes from the element chromium that gives ruby its red body colour. What sets a pigeon’s blood ruby apart is the fluorescence effect --- the gem takes in blue and green light and emits red. This red glow helps to mask the darker extinction areas on a ruby and further enhance the redness of the stone, affording it the attractive saturated crimson colour that is comparable to an inextinguishable flame burning from within a ruby.