Ruby

**Ruby** is a member of the Crystal Gems, and an original Gem who appears in *Steven Universe.*She is currently fused with Sapphire as Garnet.

## Appearance

Ruby has bright scarlet skin, burgundy irises and dark burgundy, square shaped hair. She is slightly taller than Steven and has a thick build. She wears a maroon and brown tank top and a matching maroon headband tied around her hair. Her ensemble also includes mid-thigh burgundy shorts, and short, pointed maroon boots similar to Amethyst's. Her gemstone is located in the palm of her left hand and has a square facet.

## Personality

She embodies Garnet's fury and courage, contrasting Sapphire, who rather embodies Garnet's cool nature, discipline and kindness. She also appears to be a bad conversationalist, a trait which she carries onto Garnet, occasionally speaking in somewhat unintelligible mumbles. She is shown to be very hot-headed, and has a very short temper. Ruby is very dramatic as well, even referring to herself as an "eternal flame". Ruby also places much value in trust and fusion, being absolutely outraged with Pearl when she learned she was tricked into fusing into Sardonyx and angered at the revelation of Peridot's experiments.

## Abilities

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

### Fusions

* When fused with Covellite, they form Inesite.
* When fused with Sapphire, they form Garnet.
* When fused with Amethyst, they form Spinel.
* When fused with Pearl, they form Rhodonite.
* When fused with Peridot, they form Sphene.
* When fused with Covellite and Sapphire, they form Kammererite.
* When fused with Sapphire and Pearl, they form Sardonyx.
* When fused with Sapphire and Amethyst, they form Sugilite.
* When fused with Sapphire, Amethyst, and Pearl, they form Alexandrite.
* When fused with Covellite, Ivory, Sapphire, and Pearl, they form Melody Stone.
* When fused with Sapphire, Amethyst, Peridot, Aquamarine, and Carnelian, they form Trolleite.

### Unique Abilities

* **Thermokenisis**: Ruby is able to increase her core temperature. This is shown in "Keystone Motel", when her body gets so hot that it begins burning the carpet of the motel room, and when she boils the pool to nothing but steam in a very short amount of time. It is also shown to relate to Ruby's temper because when she gets furious, she increases her temperature subconsciously.

## 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.

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