afghan ballas rubys have been coveted since time began, exclusively for royalty ,just 100 years ago possessing these beautiful stones once meant death.. found world wide in tombs from chinese emperors, the pharohs, and even the burried roman ruins in Pompeii, its even recorded that alexander the great even lusted for these unique rubys and detoured his entire army to secure them
this translucent glowing hot pink ruby colour changes to deep blood red in the sun. these are unique stones known as ballas ruby is from balashkhan mines bordering afghanistan/ tajikistan. completely natural and untreated this glowing stone is a beautiful example of natural ruby .a great investment as real stones bevome even rarer. This gorgeous stone full of character the fingerprinting and flaws are you have a real stone not a man made worthless fake that you pay more money for than a real stone