{"product_id":"1-carat-ruby-1-09-ct-emerald-cut-natural-gia-report","title":"1.09 ct Natural Ruby, Madagascar – Octagonal Step Cut (Emerald Cut), Heated | GIA Ruby Origin Report 5232922092","description":"\u003cp\u003e1.09 carat ruby, octagonal step cut, measuring 7.43 × 5.16 × 2.69 mm, accompanied by GIA Ruby Origin Report #5232922092 dated 16 April 2026. The report records Color Red, Transparency Transparent, Species Natural Corundum, Variety Ruby, Shape Octagonal, Cutting Style Step Cut, and an Additional Results field that reads Heated. It gives Madagascar as the geographic origin, as an expert opinion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"border: 2px solid #5b2c6f; border-radius: 10px; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 28px 0; background-color: #f9f5fc;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 12px; color: #4a235a;\"\u003eExpert Opinion\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 6px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/en-kw\/pages\/ahmed-shareek-about-the-owner\" style=\"color: #4a235a; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAhmed Shareek\u003c\/a\u003e's Assessment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0;\"\u003e\"This one is a 1.09 carat octagonal step cut, and it comes with a GIA Ruby Origin Report whose fields you can read for yourself. Face-up it looks eye-clean to me; under magnification you can see fractures. Ask me for more images and look at it before you decide.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat the Report Records\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe limit of our own reporting.\u003c\/strong\u003e We report the fields GIA printed on this document. Where we add a view of our own, such as the clarity assessment, the setting advice and the cleaning preference, we mark it as ours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead it yourself.\u003c\/strong\u003e The report is reproduced in the images on this page, and GIA's own service at reportcheck.gia.edu returns the same fields against the report number. Check it there, and ask us for anything else you want to see before you buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeographic origin.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Geographic Origin field reads Madagascar. In its Comments section, GIA prints: \"Any statement on geographic origin is an expert opinion based on a collection of observations and analytical data.\" We print the field and the caveat together and add nothing to either.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Results.\u003c\/strong\u003e The field reads Heated. That is the entry GIA printed in this field, and we report it exactly as printed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShape and cutting style.\u003c\/strong\u003e The report gives Shape Octagonal and a single Cutting Style field, Step Cut. The trade calls an octagonal step cut an emerald cut; that name is ours, not the report's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClarity.\u003c\/strong\u003e Face-up, at normal viewing distance, we describe it as eye-clean. Under magnification fractures are visible, and some can be seen in GIA's report photograph. That is our own assessment rather than a report value, because a GIA colored-stone report carries no clarity grade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuying Guidance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA few practical points to weigh before purchasing this specific stone:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRead GIA Report #5232922092 against the stone.\u003c\/strong\u003e Check the report number, the carat weight, the measurements, the shape, the color, the transparency, the cutting style and the Additional Results entry against the physical stone before you finalise the purchase.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLook at the whole face-up view.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ask us for more images and video and look at the whole face before you decide.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlan the setting around the stone's proportions.\u003c\/strong\u003e An octagonal outline has cut corners rather than points. We would choose a setting that holds the girdle securely at all four corners; that is our own recommendation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecies Characteristics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe three values below describe corundum as a mineral species. They are not findings about this individual stone. GIA prints them in the Characteristics panel of this report.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMineral: Corundum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMohs hardness: 9. Heat does not change corundum's Mohs hardness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToughness: Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeparately, this report prints July as the birthstone month. July belongs to ruby.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"border: 2px solid #5b2c6f; border-radius: 10px; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 28px 0; background-color: #f9f5fc;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 14px; color: #4a235a;\"\u003eGemstone Data — At a Glance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0.95em;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eItem #\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee;\"\u003eCG8407\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eCarat Weight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee;\"\u003e1.09 ct\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eMeasurements\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee;\"\u003e7.43 × 5.16 × 2.69 mm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eShape\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee;\"\u003eOctagonal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eCutting Style\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee;\"\u003eStep Cut\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eColor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee;\"\u003eRed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eTransparency\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee;\"\u003eTransparent\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eSpecies\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee;\"\u003eNatural Corundum\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eVariety\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee;\"\u003eRuby\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eGeographic Origin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee;\"\u003eMadagascar\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eAdditional Results\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5d9ee;\"\u003eHeated\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eLaboratory Report\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 6px 8px;\"\u003eGIA Report #5232922092\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU: CG8407\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarat Weight: 1.09 carats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasurements: 7.43 × 5.16 × 2.69 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShape: Octagonal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCutting Style: Step Cut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColor: Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransparency: Transparent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecies: Natural Corundum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariety: Ruby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeographic Origin: Madagascar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdditional Results: Heated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaboratory Report: GIA Report #5232922092\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGIA publishes its own cleaning guidance for ruby. 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