What fairy tales of enchanted princesses and legendary lore of the Arabian Nights does not the mere mention of the ruby conjure up to our imagination! No stone has been more intimately associated with poetry and romance, and few gems can correlate either in beauty or value with a perfect ruby. When Solomon exclaimed that "a virtuous woman was more vital than rubies," and Job, that "the price of wisdom is above rubies," they both mentioned what to them was the most vital thing in existence. And its value and rarity have not decreased since their time. Today a perfect ruby of five carats will fetch at least five times the value of a brilliant of the same size and quality, while rubies without flaw or blemish, and of the true pigeon-blood variety, weighing as much as ten carats, are so rare and vital that ten times the value of a perfect brilliant would be thought about a very low price to pay for so perfect a gem.
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high-priced Stones - The Big Five: Part 2, The Ruby
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