Greenland's Largest Carved Ruby

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Sep 26th 2006 at 7:03PM

The largest recorded ruby ever discovered in the northwestern hemisphere, according to True North Gems Inc., has now been unveiled in its new carved format. The Canadian exploration company, unearthed the 440 carat uncut ruby in 2005 in the Fiskenaesset district of Greenland. It took Canadian gemstone carver Thomas McPhee 10 months to produce this 302 carat gemstone which is the first ever carved Greenland ruby. It has an estimated value of $500,000 Canadian.

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vandra hanson Sep 26th 2006 10:41PM

ugly

Casey Sep 26th 2006 11:03PM

Not Ugly

Mary Sep 27th 2006 4:31AM

I have staring at it more over 2 minutes now, I can't really imagine what is that. It looks good but I have no idea what is that.

Bill Sep 27th 2006 1:02PM

What a waste of time and material.

Joel H Robbins Sep 27th 2006 7:51PM

It reminds me of ancient Chinese jade carving, which isn't a waste of time or material. Maybe one needs to be able to see the stone more clearly to determine the detail.

Mo Sep 28th 2006 5:32AM

Amazing!

Ruffage Dec 8th 2006 12:45AM

I don't think the carved ruby looks good. It doesn't do both the art and the material justice. Then again, this ruby doesn't look like it will make high-quality gemstones anyway, given its "muddy" appearance.

The Chinese carved on jade because of its translucent property that allows light thorugh to show the carving better. I think the ruby lacks this property, even in the high-resolution photos I have found on the site. The carving would look as aesthetically pleasing, if not more so, on another kind of material - say, crystal or jade. But perhaps that's too common.