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Ruby is the only birthstone that has to have an entire episode dedicated to imposters! Throughout history, there have been countless stones that have been mistaken for rubies, and still bear "ruby" in their name. Many of these are notable for being far larger than any known clear gem quality rubies.

These stones are usually red spinel, but as Caesar's Ruby shows us, they can be other red dupes, too, like rubellite tourmaline (the name hints at the similarity).

These 5 stones are known to be spinel and tourmaline, but still bear the name ruby.

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