It was obtained through the efforts of cal graeber.

John saul ruby background. The color red represents passion life and love. He also discovered and owned the famous john saul ruby mine in kenya. From the sanskrit word ratnaraj meaning king of the gemstones and the latin rubens meaning red the ruby reigns supreme over other colored gemstones and is considered one of the most treasured. This article first appeared in the spring summer issue of incolor the official publication of the international colored gemstone association.

The smaller crystal is embedded in green apatite which fluoresces banana yellow in long wave. Eric and mark saul from swalagemtraders are the sons of geologist john saul which name is associated with the ruby discoveries in kenya. At the john saul mine rubies can be found in different rocks as cedric simonet explains. At the time of the discovery john was in kenya mining for beryl.

The king of the gemstones the ruby exemplifies beauty desire splendor and allure. He met manuel on a visit to tanzania and saw samples of the astonishing blue gem labelled dumortierite at. Much of what we now know about tanzanite s discovery is due to john saul s diligence. As with all john saul rubies they fluoresce a deep cherry red under long wave ultraviolet light.

Nice john saul s mine ruby samples in some marble matrix with as background the mine plant. According to ruby and sapphire by richard w hughes the deposits were discovered in 1973 when american geologist jon saul and elliott tim miller were prospecting in kenya s tsavo west national park for chromium and vanadium bearing gemstones when they found what has become one of the world s richest deposit of ruby this ruby will fluorescence well and can be similar to burmese rubys.

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