How Are Lab Created Rubies Made?
Elements Lab created rubies are made by combining a specific recipe of minerals, in order to produce a fiery red variety of lab grown crystals. There are two types of lab created rubies, which use different types of processing to create the red crystals. Both processes use the basic minerals necessary to create the red color associated with the ruby. The color is the result of combining aluminum oxide (which, by itself, is colorless) with chrome, creating a mineral known a corundum, or ruby. A number of other minerals such as titanium, rutile, vanadium, and iron can be used in trace amounts to produce variations in the depth and clarity of the red, including the highly-valued “pigeon blood” red. Flame Fusion Flame fusion rubies are among the cheapest of synthetic or lab created rubies, and are the least expensive and quickest to produce. They are created by dissolving a super-heated solution of aluminum oxide in lead oxide, then placed into a chemical solution where the growth of cryst