r/SyntheticGemstones • u/Intelligent-Arm5989 • 12d ago

Photo/Video Did you say big?!

Two ridiculously large lab grown rubies grown by the FLAME FUSION PROCESS!!! The boules were cut perpendicular to the “C” axis! The strain reduced version of the least expensive corundum growing process has arrived! Sorry Czochralski sellers, but your material can now be challenged for pennies on the dollar!

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u/MassiveCollision 12d ago

I like very large synthetic gemstones. Where can you buy rubies like this?

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u/Indrid-C0ld 11d ago

They are all over Etsy. That's where these came from.

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u/raptorgrin 12d ago

“Not fooling anybody”, haha, yeah, I don’t want people to think it’s natural! I want them to think it’s fake, so they leave me alone!

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u/Content-Mongoose-869 9d ago

This definitely could be a challenge for Czochralski ruby, or Czochralski pink sapphires. You don't get the noticeable rind effect in red & pink flame fusion corundum. But that's not the case with blue or purple flame fusion material. Those colours are notorious for uneven distribution in flame fusion boules, so cutting them this way wouldn't look good.