Ruby Luster
Optical Properties of Ruby are its behavioral responses towards light. While few optical properties can be identified with naked eyes, other require special instruments by the gemologists to identify them. Ruby optical properties like luster, clarity, refractive index etc. are used to determine the non-destructive methods during gemstone identification and evaluation.
Ruby luster is the quantity of light the crystal reflects when light is incident on it. Ruby which is commonly found in Red, pink, Red color, is Translucent, Transparent and Transparent to opaque in nature. It possess Adamantine, Adamantine, Vitreous and Vitreous luster.