The ruby is the form of Corundum that is red all other colors are called sapphire.
Rubies are one of the symbols of love.
To the ancients, Rubys' represented passion, affection, power and majesty. Ruby has also been connected to dragons. Legends tell of dragons guarding Ruby and Emerald mines and others of dragons with brilliant Rubies in their heads illuminating the countryside . The finest rubies look like someone painted a swatch of fluorescent red directly across them. It is an almost glowing red, diffused well through the stone, and is rooted from the unique property of fine Rubies, a rich red fluorescence.