This article first appeared in the spring summer issue of incolor the official publication of the international colored gemstone association.

John saul ruby background. According to ruby and sapphire by richard w hughes the deposits were discovered in 1973 when american geologist jon saul and elliott tim miller were prospecting in kenya s tsavo west national park for chromium and vanadium bearing gemstones when they found what has become one of the world s richest deposit of ruby this ruby will fluorescence well and can be similar to burmese rubys. He met manuel on a visit to tanzania and saw samples of the astonishing blue gem labelled dumortierite at. The smaller crystal is embedded in green apatite which fluoresces banana yellow in long wave. Eric and mark saul from swalagemtraders are the sons of geologist john saul which name is associated with the ruby discoveries in kenya.

At the john saul mine rubies can be found in different rocks as cedric simonet explains. Much of what we now know about tanzanite s discovery is due to john saul s diligence. John saul is a geologist and founding member of international colored gemstone association. Nice john saul s mine ruby samples in some marble matrix with as background the mine plant.

As with all john saul rubies they fluoresce a deep cherry red under long wave ultraviolet light. He also discovered and owned the famous john saul ruby mine in kenya. From the sanskrit word ratnaraj meaning king of the gemstones and the latin rubens meaning red the ruby reigns supreme over other colored gemstones and is considered one of the most treasured. Dr john saul was the first geologist on the scene after the discovery as well as being a founding member of the international colored gemstone association and the owner of the famous john saul ruby mine in kenya.

The color red represents passion life and love. The john saul mine body is 150m long and 100 wide and about half dozen corundum veins are present around it.

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