Here are all the red and pink gemstones that one is likely to come across in antique and vintage jewellery.

RUBY

This is a bluish red to range-red corundum

Jugendstil Pendant. Elder and Bloom

PINK SAPPHIRE

This is a pinkish red variety of corundum (basically a less colour saturated form of ruby).

Annular brooch with pink sapphires. British Museum AF.2702

RED SPINEL

Red Spinel can be red to brownish red and pink

PINK TOURMALINE

This is a pink variety of tourmaline and can be all shades of pink

MORGANITE

This is a pink to orange pink beryl (discovered in 1910)

PINK TOPAZ

This is a pink to violet-pink variety of topaz that is created by heated golden brown topaz.

Pink Topaz and Diamond Ring 1800 -1 869. V & A Museum 1309-1869

RED ZIRCON

This is a brownish red to deep, dark red zircon

Reddish-brown zircon ring. 1850. V & A Museum 1282-1869

This is a red to bluish red to orange-red beryl

Discovered in 1904

KUNZITE

This is a violet-pink to pink-violet spodumene

Discovered in 1902

RUBELLITE

This is a red to violet-red tourmaline

First discovered 1822

Rubellite Estate Ring.

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