My great-great Uncle Moes ring...

[Crispin]

My great-great Uncle Moe's ring...

This has been passed down from generation to generation. It somehow ended up in my hands. I know that it is at least 130 years old. My great-great Uncle Moe was the original owner. He came was a Russian Jew and it was believed to be passed down shortly after immigrating through Ellis Island. I think it is a Ruby but not sure. I can take hi-res pictures if needed. Does anybody know anything about it. The ruby is pretty scratched up so I figure it doesn't hold much value but it is priceless to me.

 

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[bigfoot1]

beautiful ring..

 

[unclemac]

here are some ways to tell....although i am not sure i would try all of them...

How to Tell if a Ruby is Real: 6 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow

 

[releventchair]

Saw a ring someone had appraised that looked similar if memory remembers forty plus years ago correctly.
It was a garnet made by compressing garnet materials. Maybe production fragments from cutting /grinding.
Don't recall why when the owner was slightly dismayed it was not a solid cut garnet, the appraiser said the manufactured garnets did hold favor among some folks for it's quality.Perhaps lack of imperfection or something.
A neat heirloom you have regardless of what it's components are though..

 

[DCMatt]

Are you saying the ring is Russian? I don't think the hallmark is Russian. If it is old and Russian the hallmark for 14K would be '56'.

 

[Crispin]

here are some ways to tell....although i am not sure i would try all of them...

How to Tell if a Ruby is Real: 6 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow

Thanks, I'll look for inclusions in it tonight. The top of the ruby is scratched but it has been around a long time...

 

[Crispin]

Are you saying the ring is Russian? I don't think the hallmark is Russian. If it is old and Russian the hallmark for 14K would be '56'.

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No, I don't know where the ring is from. He came from the Russia/Poland area before coming to the US. I really don't know anything else about him. They changed all of the Jewish names at Ellis island to be more pronunciable. Kind of makes looking for heritage difficult.

 

[Crispin]

Definitely occlusions...tried to take picture...hard to see...