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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1964435, member: 2844"]I think you are asking about the red stones in the first ring as well? The stones could be anything, there are many naturally red stones. </p><p>And as the others said, non-natural stones were generally not considered fakes. They already used glass in rings in Antiquity. </p><p>One thing you could try yourself is shining a UV flashlight on the stones. If they light up like these two red ones, you have rubies:</p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/dsc07631-640x477-jpg.67464/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can test the pearls by rubbing them against your teeth. If they feel slightly gritty, they are real.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1964435, member: 2844"]I think you are asking about the red stones in the first ring as well? The stones could be anything, there are many naturally red stones. And as the others said, non-natural stones were generally not considered fakes. They already used glass in rings in Antiquity. One thing you could try yourself is shining a UV flashlight on the stones. If they light up like these two red ones, you have rubies: [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/dsc07631-640x477-jpg.67464/[/IMG] You can test the pearls by rubbing them against your teeth. If they feel slightly gritty, they are real.[/QUOTE]
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