--Previous Message-- : : Posters might be interested in this item : http://www.minelinks.com/alluvial/ruby4.html : (scroll down to read about Australia) : It may be possible that the so called rubies : were garnets. That may account for why : inverted commas were used. : : : --Previous Message-- : : I really don't know Baxter. The article used : the word both ways, in marks and out. : I was not aware that Australia erver : produced rubies. : : : --Previous Message-- : : Thanks for the info, Nellie. I noticed that : in the description of the necklace the word : rubies was in quotation marks. Does this : imply that a different stone was used? : : : : :