Victorian 18ct Gold Five Stone Ruby Carved Half Hoop Ring

For rubyOne of the most valuable gemstones on earth. From the corundum family, the red variety being ruby and the blue, sapphire. With the exception of the diamond, corundum is the hardest of the gemstones on the Mohs scale scoring a 9. lovers this 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold ring has five well matched naturalA natural stone is called such because it has not been subjected to any treatments.  rubies with tiny rose diamondA precious, lustrous gemstone made of highly compressed carbon. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to mankind. Colours of diamonds range from colourless, yellow, orange and brown to almost black. Natural coloured (or ‘fancy’) diamonds can be extremely rare. The cut, colour, clarity and carat weight of a diamond are the criteria jewellers use… pointsA unit of weight for a diamond, being one-hundredth of a metric carat. It is used for weights that are decimal fractions of a carat, and all figures after the second decimal point are, in the diamond and jewellery trade, generally discarded. in between. It was made in 1898 in Birmingham and has a carved half hoop shankThe circle of metal that attaches to the decorative part of a ring and encircles the finger.. It would make a lovely engagement ring.