Ruby

Ruby

A ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). The red color is caused mainly by the presence of the element chromium. 

The name ruby comes from Latin word ruber, which means red. In Sanskrit ruby is termed as ratnaraj which means King of Gems. Ruby is the birthstone for July.

 

Kohinoor

KOHINOOR !!

The Kohinoor now weighs 108.93 carats and is kept in the Tower of London .The kohinoor originated from India in Golconda at the Kollur mine in the present Andhra during the rule of the Kakatiya dynasty. The Kohinoor was then passed from one ruling dynasty to the next. The original name of the diamond was ‘Samantik Mani’

         The Persian invaded India and they acquired it and named it as KOHINOOR 

( Mountain of Light). Finally it went to the crown of British Queen Victoria.