This page gathers every stone in our collection whose dominant hue reads red, from the deep crimsons of corundum to the warm, saturated tones of tourmaline and garnet. Red in gemstones arises from a small number of trace elements: chromium gives ruby its pure, slightly fluorescent crimson, while manganese lends rubellite and red tourmaline their raspberry and cranberry tones, and spessartite garnet owes its fiery reddish-orange to manganese and iron.
You will find Burma Ruby and Mozambique Ruby here alongside Rubellite Tourmaline, Red Tourmaline and Spessartite Garnet. Each behaves differently in the hand. Ruby is the hardest of the group and the most tolerant of daily wear; tourmaline offers larger sizes and a softer, more pink-leaning red; spessartite is the most luminous, its brilliance heightened by high dispersion and a lively orange cast.
When choosing, weigh hue direction — true red, pink-red or orange-red — against tone and saturation, then consider cut quality, as red stones show their colour most evenly when well proportioned. Setting metal also matters: yellow gold warms a red, platinum cools it.
