Ruby Pendant Necklace – Yummy Cherry Pendant!
I’ve discovered a Ruby birthstone pendant that looks good enough to eat!
This is a cherry pendant, or should I say cherries, because there are two fabulous fruits in deep dark ruby red with an emerald leaf.
It is made from 14 karat yellow gold and contains 3 birthstones, 2 rubies and an emerald, so is suitable not only for ladies with their birthday in July but also for you gals with a May birthday.
14k Yellow Gold Lab-Created Ruby and Emerald Cherries Pendant
This is the ideal birthstone pendant for July, and it is also the gemstone for 15th and 40th anniversaries.
This is one of the loveliest pendants I’ve come across recently. I love how the cherries sit on their gold stems!
The rubies are lab created which means they are genuine rubies. People sometimes mistakenly believe that a lab created ruby is not the real deal.
It is!
The two rubies in this cherry pendant have exactly the same chemical and physical properties as a gem mined from mother earth. The difference is you know that there has been no exploitation of workers in some third world country to get these ruby birthstones.
Today, many women with a conscience are only buying lab created gems for this very reason. You can wear this ruby pendant with a completely clear conscience.
The gleaming Ruby should adorn,
All those who in July are born,
For thus they’ll be exempt and free,
From lover’s doubts and anxiety.
How big is it?
That’s the 64 dollar question, isn’t it!
How often have we ladies bought an item of jewelry and then been disappointed that it wasn’t the same size as in the picture. Remember the image is so that you can see all the fine detail of this gorgeous ruby pendant.
The cherry and leaf charm part is 14 mm high. This is equivalent to 0.55 inches so it is a little over half an inch in height. A US quarter is 1 inch in height so that gives you a comparison to go by. Your cherry pendant will be about half the size of a US quarter.
Remember jewelry is almost never the size it is pictured at.
The ruby is a very hard gem – second only to diamonds in hardness – so is very suitable for jewelry that you want to wear all the time – which is what you will want to do with this piece!
Color, color, color!
The ruby is a red corundrum whereas any other color of corundrum is called a sapphire. Color can range from pinkish, purplish, orangey and brownish red depending on the percentages of the different minerals in the gem.
So it is completely normal for there to be a variations in color. In fact, experts can often identify where in the world a particular ruby has come from just by its color with Burmese stone tending to purplish red colors and Thai stone being more brownish red.
Rubies also vary in color depending on what angle you view them. This variability of color has some interesting associations.
Beliefs associated with the ruby
The ruby is believed to protect you from misfortune and ill-health. Historically, there have been rubies that reputedly changed color to warn their owner of impending misfortune.
It is said that Queen Catherine of Aragon had just such a ruby. As she was the first wife of King Henry the 8th you can’t help but wonder if it told her how she would be cast aside when she failed to deliver him a son. She was not beheaded which is what happened to many of his wives so perhaps by warning her in advance her ruby allowed her to stay “one step ahead” of her savage King.
This believe in the protecting power of the ruby continues in countries such as India where the ruby is believed to guard the wearer. And once again that warning comes through a change in color.
So whatever color your ruby pendant is, cherish it, get to know it, watch it. It is your friend!
In other countries the believes surrounding the ruby change more from one of protection to attracting friends and good luck.
In China and Japan ruby jewelry is worn to bring long life, happiness and health.
The ruby is said to symbolize success, devotion and integrity.
It is also the symbol of passion and a promise of the heart. This is why the ruby appears as an accent stone in engagement rings more often than any other colored gem. It is also believed to bring reconciliation to lover’s quarrels.
The one negative about this ruby pendant is that there is no guide to the color. The J rating that Amazon gives is for diamonds and not relevant to gemstones. However, with what I know about the color of rubies that does not worry me at all. All colors are lovely.
This ruby cherry pendant is made from 14 k yellow gold so is great value at well under $200. The total weight of the 3 gems is 2 grams. The rubies are in a 4 prong setting which is one of the most secure settings for jewelry.
It has a 14 karat rope chain which consists of oval links that are joined so that they produce a woven rope effect. My experience of buying jewelry from Amazon is that often the chain feels too light for the charm or pendant and I often use one of my own chains instead.
The fastening is a spring ring clasp so you can party all night knowing that the fastening is secure!
It comes in a regal blue suede cloth box so is very suitable for a birthday or Christmas present or a mothers day gift.
There are many famous rubies such as the Delong Star (100.32 carats ), Hixon Ruby Crystal (196.10 carat), Midnight Star (116.75 carat) and the Mogok Ruby, much smaller than the others at 15.97 carat but was so perfect that it sold in 1988 for $3,630,000.
Luckily for you, this fabulous 14k Yellow Gold Lab-Created Ruby and Emerald Cherries Pendant will not cost anything like that!
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The cherry pendant is just beautiful! I love how you give the history and meaning of rubies.
Did you know that in Japan, the cherry blossom is revered for its beauty and short life? The samurai warriors compare their few hours of glory on the battlefield to those of the short lived cherry blossoms. The only way to stop a samurai from his march is to strew the path with cherry petals…they considered them so sacred that they would not tromp on them…
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