Ruby (Forehead Gem)

Crystal Gems

**Ruby** is a Homeworld Gem and an original Gemsona by **BlueWhiteLight**. As of the 8th of March 2018, she became a Crystal Gem.

## Personality

Nothing is known about her personality yet.

## History

Ruby was serving Homeworld and was sent to Earth with 4 other Rubies. She crash-landed on Earth, shattering two rubies and cracking hers and 2 others. She was healed by Turquoise when dropped into Rose's Fountain. She released that she cannot go to Homeworld because of her accident. The remaining 2 rubies forgave her but convinced her not to go back to Homeworld as Yellow Diamond might not be so forgiving.

## Abilities

Ruby possesses standard Gem abilities, which include bubbling, shapeshifting, fusion, regeneration, agelessness, and superhuman strength/durability.

### Unique Abilities

* **Pyrokinesis**: Ruby can create fire but only for a limited time then she has a cool-down period of 30 minutes.

## Trivia

* Her instrumental theme consists of a synth bass.

## Gemology

* Ruby is a gemstone of emotion, associated with passion, strength and anger. This shows in Ruby's emotional temperaments and overall emotional/angry attitude as well as her strength.
* Ruby is the birthstone for those born in July and is also the zodiacal stone for Capricorns.
	+ Ruby is also used to celebrate the fifteenth and fortieth wedding anniversaries.
	+ The day assigned to ruby is Tuesday (hence the Rolling Stones song, "Ruby Tuesday").
	+ Ruby is assigned to the planets, Mars and Pluto.
	+ Ruby is the national gemstone for Burma and Thailand
* Since ruby is a member of the corundum group, it is closely related to sapphire and thus shares some properties, such as hardness, composition and double refraction, with sapphire.
* The vivid red color of ruby means that it is associated with desire, and it is thought by some to be a stone of love with an aphrodisiac effect.
* Ruby can be identified by its hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale, and vibrant colour.
	+ Natural ruby can be distinguished from synthetic ruby by its inclusions; natural ruby typically exhibits inclusions, whereas synthetic ruby tends to be eye clean.
* Ruby is a gemstone of emotion, associated with passion, strength and anger. This shows in Ruby's emotional temperaments and overall emotional/angry attitude as well as her strength.
* Ruby is the birthstone for those born in July and is also the zodiacal stone for Capricorns.
	+ Ruby is also used to celebrate the fifteenth and fortieth wedding anniversaries.
	+ The day assigned to ruby is Tuesday (hence the Rolling Stones song, "Ruby Tuesday").
	+ Ruby is assigned to the planets, Mars and Pluto.
	+ Ruby is the national gemstone for Burma and Thailand
* Since ruby is a member of the corundum group, it is closely related to sapphire and thus shares some properties, such as hardness, composition and double refraction, with sapphire.
* The vivid red color of ruby means that it is associated with desire, and it is thought by some to be a stone of love with an aphrodisiac effect.
* Ruby can be identified by its hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale, and vibrant colour.
	+ Natural ruby can be distinguished from synthetic ruby by its inclusions; natural ruby typically exhibits inclusions, whereas synthetic ruby tends to be eye clean.