Yellow Gold Ruby Rings

The ruby symbolizes ardent passion, courage, and eternal love, while yellow gold evokes light, richness, and loyalty. Together, they form a powerful union celebrating deep and enduring love. This combination is particularly prized for marking important commitments or celebrating significant anniversaries, with the ruby being the traditional stone for 40th wedding anniversaries.

A quality natural ruby displays an intense, uniform red color, ideally pigeon's blood red, with good transparency and few inclusions visible to the naked eye. Mayuri rubies are graded AAA and come with certificates of authenticity guaranteeing their nature and provenance. Microscopic inclusions, called "gardens," are normal and prove the natural origin of the stone, unlike synthetic rubies which are often too perfect.

The ruby-diamond pairing creates a striking contrast where white diamonds illuminate the deep red of the central ruby. This classic combination, particularly elegant in yellow gold, adds brilliance and sophistication to the ring while enhancing the center stone. The most popular styles include the halo solitaire, side pavé, and ruby-diamond trilogy.

Burmese rubies are renowned for their exceptional pigeon's blood red color with a slight blue fluorescence, making them rarer and more expensive. Thai rubies, which Mayuri primarily uses, display an intense, slightly darker red with excellent hardness and brilliance, offering optimal quality-to-price ratio. Mayuri can source Burmese, Mozambican, or Madagascan rubies upon request for bespoke projects.

Vintage yellow gold ruby rings come in several iconic styles:

• Art Deco (1920s-1930s): geometric lines, calibrated rubies, and symmetry
• Retro (1940s): substantial yellow gold, sculptural volumes, and domed rubies
• Victorian Romantic: oval rubies surrounded by pearls or rose-cut diamonds
• 1950s Cocktail: large central rubies on bold settings

These timeless styles inspire our contemporary creations at Mayuri.

Yes, ruby is one of the most durable stones for daily wear thanks to its hardness of 9/10 on the Mohs scale, second only to diamond. Combined with 18k yellow gold, solid and tarnish-resistant, it forms a ring perfectly suited to everyday life. Simply avoid direct violent impacts and remove the ring during intensive manual or sports activities to preserve its brilliance.

The oval cut is most popular as it maximizes the ruby's brilliance while visually elongating the finger, particularly flattering on yellow gold. Other prized shapes include:

• Cushion: for a romantic vintage style with deep reflections
• Round: timeless classic ideal for solitaires
• Emerald (rectangular): Art Deco elegance and saturated color
• Pear: sophistication and originality

Mayuri offers all these cuts in our collection.

The star ruby, or asteriated cabochon ruby, displays a rare optical phenomenon called asterism: a six-rayed star that appears on its surface thanks to oriented rutile inclusions. Set in yellow gold, it creates rings with unique, mystical character, perfect for bohemian or vintage styles. These rubies are cut as cabochons (polished domes) rather than faceted, and Mayuri can source them upon request for bespoke creations.

The term "red sapphire" does not exist in gemology: all red corundum is ruby, while corundum of all other colors (blue, pink, yellow) are sapphires. Only the presence of chromium gives the characteristic red color of ruby. If you're seeking an alternative to classic ruby, pink sapphire offers a softer hue that also harmonizes beautifully with yellow gold, for a more romantic and feminine style.

The price of a yellow gold ruby ring varies according to several criteria:

• Ruby quality: color, clarity, size, and treatment (untreated rubies being rarer and more expensive)
• Carat weight: a 1-carat ruby costs significantly more than a 0.5-carat
• Design complexity: simple solitaire or diamond pavé setting
• Origin: Burmese or Mozambican rubies command premium prices

At Mayuri, our rings start from a few hundred euros for small rubies, up to several thousand for exceptional pieces.

Ruby is the birthstone for July, offering protection, vitality, and passion to those born under this sign. Traditionally considered the "king of stones," it symbolizes courage, life force, and ardent love. Gifting a yellow gold ruby ring to someone born in July is therefore a highly symbolic gesture, combining gemological tradition with deep personal sentiment.

Absolutely, the trilogy ring is an elegant design where three stones symbolize the past, present, and future. On yellow gold, a central ruby can be beautifully flanked by two diamonds for classic contrast, or by two pink sapphires for soft chromatic harmony. Other prized combinations include ruby-emerald-sapphire (the three precious stones) or ruby flanked by two smaller rubies for an intense monochrome statement. Mayuri creates these pieces as bespoke commissions.