ldantiques07
Tenderfoot
So, I treasure hunt, not really in the dirt, but in thrift stores and such. They have become very educated in the area of whats worth a crap ton of money, and it stinks, but I found what I think might be a HUGE RUBY 7.1 carats, its clean but not completely clean. SO, I tried to figure out how to tell if its real. I read try scratching on a quartz, which i did, and it scratched the crap out of it. So by chance, the ruby is a Briolette or tear drop shape, think of a fancy chandelier with crystals hanging, the shape of those hanging crystals. So, by accident I was playing with my $15 eBay green laser pointer. I have a clear crystal I hang from a string and it shoots beams all over the room, so I decided to try it on my ruby... And wow! It turned SUPER bright red, but the laser beams were green again when they exited the stone
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. Its pretty trippy or cool.. So, I tried with other red stones and glass I have, and nothing has produced the same effect... SO does anyone know if this is a valid easy test or not to tell weather or not a ruby is at least a ruby.. now natural or earth mined and synthetic, I am not sure how to tell of if the green laser can tell, but I figured this would be the place to come and see!