--Previous Message-- : Arthur, is it that the stones in the ruby : necklace show as pink in the photographs : because they are a blue based red? Or is it : because of the lighting in the display : cabinet and the venue? Because you mentioned : the sparkle of this necklace, I also : wondered if these stones might be spinels : and not rubies. Some spinels show wonderful : colours in the blue-red to pink range and : good spinels have a degree of sparkle not : seen in rubies. However, I have no doubt if : a reputable jeweller is selling an item as a : ruby necklace, the stones will be rubies, as : the differences are obvious to a gemologist : examining stones. Did you see anything : indicated by the jeweller that these stones : are rubies? If they are rubies, the colour : might indicate where they came from. : :