What a treasure. If it got chipped anywhere, what a huge loss that would be!
As long as you're not planning to rob me, that's fine.
Su Qiao relaxed her brows and said dismissively, "This thing is incredibly hard. It won't break."
Ruby was a type of corundum, with a hardness second only to diamond.
If it broke just from being thrown like that, could it still be a ruby? It would be more like a glass marble.
"Even if it won't shatter, it'd still be bad if it got scratched."
This was a gemstone—and not just any gemstone, but one worth tens or even hundreds of millions. It wasn't some roadside rock, nor was it a glass marble.
After hearing Master Yang confirm that it was genuine, Guo Yuan excitedly picked up a magnifying glass and began examining the ruby on the table.
The more he looked, the more he liked it, and the more excited he became.
The clarity, the size, and the color were all top-notch.
Master Yang also crouched beside the table and introduced it softly. "Boss, this is a genuine Pigeon Blood Ruby, with extremely high clarity. It's untreated, and its origin is unknown, though it looks a little like it came from Myanmar."
Rubies were classified by pedigree, and their origins also determined their value. The noblest pedigree belonged to rubies from Myanmar, whose prices were more than double those from Mozambique.
The most valuable ruby color was the famous Pigeon Blood Ruby, followed by vivid red. Purple-red, orange-red, and less-saturated colors were all worth less—the paler the color, the lower the price.
The higher the clarity, the rarer the ruby. High-clarity rubies were harder to find than large rubies, and if a ruby was both large and highly clear, it was a priceless