Emerald Cut Lab Created Ruby Loose Gemstone Prestige Grade

Ruby symbolizes:

• Passion and devotion

• Strength and vitality

• Timeless romance

With a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale, ruby is ideal for engagement rings and heirloom jewelry.

Pel & Co gemstones are:

• Selected to high jewelry standards

• Expertly curated for color saturation and brilliance

• Offered loose or custom set

• Crafted in-house for full quality control

Pigeon Blood Red is the highest grade in ruby — a pure, vivid red with no orange, brown, or purple undertone. The name comes from the specific hue of a freshly opened pigeon's eye — a benchmark used by Burmese traders for centuries before gemological laboratories existed.

Most rubies on the market are not Pigeon Blood grade. The color either leans orange, sits too dark, or carries a grey secondary tone. A true Pigeon Blood ruby is vivid, saturated, and alive in every light condition.

Color change strength in alexandrite has its parallel here — Pigeon Blood is to ruby what strong color change is to alexandrite. It is the quality that separates a stone worth owning from one that merely qualifies as ruby. At Pel & Co., our specialists select exclusively for this standard.

Carat measures a gemstone’s weight — not its physical size.

Because different gemstones have different densities, stones of the same carat weight can vary in visible dimensions. For example, one gemstone may appear slightly larger or smaller than another of equal carat weight depending on its material and cut proportions.

For the most accurate understanding of size, we recommend referencing the listed millimeter measurements (length × width), which reflect how the gemstone will appear when worn.

Pel & Co provides precise dimensions for every stone to ensure clarity and confidence in your selection.

Yes. Ruby is extremely durable and ideal for engagement rings.

Color is everything — specifically the Pigeon Blood standard. Saturation, hue purity, and how the stone holds its red under different light sources are the three criteria that determine value. A ruby that greys under fluorescent light or shifts orange in candlelight falls short regardless of size.

Clarity is the second driver. Rubies naturally contain inclusions — accepted in the trade at levels that would disqualify a diamond. What matters is whether the inclusions interrupt light transmission and color performance. Eye clean specimens at Pigeon Blood grade are exceptionally rare.

Cut is the third. A poorly cut ruby hides its color in the depth and shows a dark centre face-up. Our in-house cutting controls the proportions that determine how much of the stone's actual color is visible. That decision is ours — not a third party's.

Yes. Pel & Co offers custom gemstone development and bespoke design.

Natural Pigeon Blood rubies of genuine quality are among the rarest gemstones on earth — and priced accordingly. The premium for natural origin at this grade has nothing to do with how the stone looks, performs, or wears. It is purely provenance.

Lab-created ruby at Pigeon Blood standard has identical chemical composition, crystal structure, and optical properties. The color is the same. The hardness is the same. The brilliance is the same. What differs is the origin — and with it, the ability to select consistently to a standard most natural stones never achieve.

At Pel & Co., we cut every Prestige ruby in-house. The standard is ours. The result is a stone that performs the way Pigeon Blood ruby is supposed to perform — not the way a budget parcel allows it to.