Greenland Ruby has announced that it will be appearing at the JCK Show in Las Vegas, from June 1-4, 2018 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
Located in the high-visibility booth L210, at the top of the escalator near the Luxury JCK entrance, Greenland Ruby will each day be displaying a mini “iceberg” in which a real Greenlandic ruby has been frozen.
Visitors will be encouraged to guess the carat weight of the encased ruby for a chance to win the gem. Contestants can take selfies in woolly hats with the iceberg, and post “from Greenland” with their guesses on Facebook or Instagram and then at 5 pm each day, there will be an online announcement on Greenland Ruby’s social pages of the actual carat weight. The person with the closest guess wins the ruby! Hashtags for the event are: #greenlandrubyreveal, #greenlandruby, #notyourgrandmothersruby, and #responsiblerubies.
Greenland Ruby gems are unearthed at a remote mine site in Aappaluttoq, Greenland [“Ah-puh-lu-tok” means “red”], 155 miles south of Nuuk, Greenland’s capital. The rubies and pink sapphires are embedded in corundum bearing rock that geologists believe is in the oldest rock formation on earth. The output is processed at an ultra-modern, state-of-the-art cleaning and sorting operation adjacent to the mine.
Ruby and pink sapphire from this frozen region have been described as similar to the quality that is found in parts of Burma and in Mozambique, two important sources of corundum. The gems vary in color from the deep and vibrant red ruby known traditionally in the trade as “Pigeon’s Blood" to the lighter shades of pink (which are pink sapphire).
Greenland Ruby gems come with a certificate of origin authorized and issued by the Government of Greenland, guaranteeing that the gems are mined in a country that has an excellent human rights record, is environmentally responsible, and boasts a stable government and economy. The gems are cut and polished adhering to ethical, social, human rights, and environmental laws and responsible practices as well. They are trackable from mine-to-market.
