Ruby Rough Specimens
🌎 Source: India
🌙 All of our rough pieces are sized not by eye, but by weight so we can be sure all pieces within a size are cohesive. The weight range for these roughs is as follows:
⚖️ EXTRA SMALL: 10-20 gms
⚖️ SMALL: 20-40 gms
⚖️ MEDIUM: 40-60 gms
⚖️ LARGE: 60-90 gms
Stone Meaning
VITALITY | COURAGE | DEVOTION
AFFIRMATION: “I burn bright with love, purpose, and fearless heart.”
BEST FOR: Energising life force, brave action, loyal love, and confidence
CHAKRA: Root • Heart
SIGNS: Cancer, Leo, Aries, Scorpio
ELEMENT: Fire • Earth
PLANET: Sun • Mars
COMPANION STONES: Garnet (for stamina and drive), Rose Quartz (to soften fierce love with kindness), Black Tourmaline (for grounded protection), Clear Quartz (to amplify intentions), Smokey Quartz (to transmute stress into steady strength)
Ruby is the high-octane heartbeat of the gem world—lush, luminous, and entirely uninterested in small energy. It’s the stone of devoted courage: bold choices, brave love, and a spine made of starlight. When you’re ready to move from surviving to thriving, Ruby says, “Right. Let’s go.”
It’s the rare combo of warrior and romantic—fuel for your purpose, warmth for your heart, and the confidence to back both.
Metaphysical Properties:
Working through the Root and Heart Chakras, Ruby plugs you back into life force while keeping your values front and centre. It grounds passion into action, strengthens healthy boundaries, and helps you choose with conviction rather than fear. Expect lifted mood, rekindled motivation, and a magnetic, heart-led presence that doesn’t fade when things get tough.
Emotional & Spiritual Benefits:
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Rekindles vitality, confidence, and zest for life
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Encourages brave, heart-aligned decision-making
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Supports loyalty, trust, and long-haul love
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Grounds intense emotion into constructive action
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Builds resilience and self-worth through big transitions
Scientific Fun Fact:
Ruby is the red variety of corundum (Al₂O₃), coloured by trace chromium, which also gives many rubies a vivid red fluorescence. It crystallises in the trigonal system and rates 9 on the Mohs scale—second only to diamond. Fine “pigeon’s blood” rubies from Myanmar and modern greats from Mozambique are among the most coveted; rutile “silk” aligned within the crystal can create the famous star ruby asterism.
When to Use Ruby:
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When your spark has dimmed and you need a life-force reboot
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For courageous conversations, proposals, or passion projects
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During commitment rituals—vows to self or another
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When calling in prosperous, heart-true opportunities
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Any time you’re ready to stop shrinking and start shining
ALTERNATIVE NAMES: — (red corundum is, by definition, Ruby)
MINERAL FAMILY: Corundum
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: Trigonal
COLOUR: Vivid to deep red; ranges from pinkish-red to purplish-red
ORIGINS: Myanmar (Burma), Mozambique, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Tanzania, Afghanistan
RARITY: Common to rare—commercial grades are accessible; fine, untreated gem-quality rubies are exceptionally rare and highly prized
✨ Ruby is your permission slip to live full-tilt—fierce, faithful, and lit from within.
What is intuitively chosen?
When you see the below bold sentence on a listing of ours, it means we have multiple of that stone and we will pick one that we feel is right for you. We call them intuitively chosen pieces because we use our intuition to choose a piece we feel is calling us for you - a piece that is absolutely meant to be yours. We are huge believers in the crystal chooses the owner, not the other way around.
We do our best to make sure that the listing photos and information accurately depicts what we have available so you have an idea of what is coming your way, but the rest is up to the universe.
If you don't see the below on our listing, it's because it is a one off piece and we guarantee that what is pictured is the exact piece you will receive.
"Price is per one piece, intuitively picked for you. The pictures represent the quality and sizing you can expect to receive however please note that stone is unique and one of a kind so there will be slight variations."
Shape significance
Using crystals for their spiritual and healing properties can be fun and fascinating and is a killer way to connect with the earth’s energy. But, when you really start digging into the magickal world of sparkly stones, it can start getting really overwhelming.
Not only do crystals come in every colour of the rainbow and serve different intended purposes, they are also found in many different shape formations. Newbies to the crystal world may think the way a stone is cut or shaped is purely aesthetic, but there’s a little more to a crystal’s shape than meets the eye. Just as the colours of the stones convey unique meanings, crystal shapes also matter. And while experts say that the structure of a crystal doesn’t change the type of energy it emits, the shape DOES affect the way you receive said energy.
We've put together a handy blog for you to learn about the possible reason or meaning behind the forms of crystals you're drawn to here
Pick Up, Shipping + Returns
We ship worldwide and do also offer click + collect.
