Chatham ruby discovery in 1949 carroll f.
Chatham ruby loose.
Chatham is recognized as the leader of laboratory grown gemstones with a large selection of rubies blue pink white and yellow sapphires emeralds padparadscha alexandrite aqua blue spinel and diamond chatham does not make gems rather they control the environment so that crystals can grow naturally by recreating the conditions in which gems grow in the earth.
They grow in their natural crystal habit in a controlled environment.
Our lab grown chatham rubies have an almost pigeon s blood color and exceptional clar.
All chatham rubies are gem quality with no inclusions visible to the naked eye.
We control the environment so that crystals can grow naturally.
Chatham lab grownwhat s the difference and which is better.
5 trending colored stone choices rubies have long been prized for their dark red color with blood red rubies being the most valuable.
Chatham is proud to be the pioneer of lab grown gemstones and lab created diamonds.
After years of experimentation he was finally rewarded.
A lab grown gemstone is identical physically optically and chemically to its mined counterpart.
We create the perfect environment rich in chromium to give our crystals a vivid red color.
In 1958 he introduced the chatham created ruby a gemstone identical in beauty and physical properties to its natural counterpart.
Rubies are very rare.
Chatham created blue sapphires are just as beautiful as some of the worlds most valuable mined sapphires.
Blue sapphires are doubly refractive and often exhibit pleochroism the visible display of different body colors from different crystal directions in a gem.
We start with a naturally mined seed of fine burmese ruby.
As mentioned in a previous blog.
Ruby comparison natural v.
For most of recorded history rubies have been the most valuable gems.
Chatham began scientific research into nature s secret of growing gem quality ruby.
The only difference is where they form above the earth versus below the earth.
Chatham grows ruby crystals in a six month process that we ve refined over decades.
Chatham lab grown rubies are not cheap flame fusion or pulled rubies.
Recreating the conditions in which ge.
Full range of chatham created gems chatham lab grown gemstones chatham ruby chatham sapphire chatham alexandrite chatham emeralds for sale at africagems.
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Lab grown or natural ruby.
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We don t make gems.
It s almost impossible to mine flawless rubies and many mined rubies are enhanced with heat and fracture filling to improve their appearance.
The conditions have to be precisely right.
We once lost an entire year s growth of ruby due to a 0 001.
These gemstones have the same physical chemical and optical properties as mined gemstones and diamonds have.
