Who knows about Rubies and memories?

Question

They try to relate the two and inflict amnesia on a person until it has been fifty years when a person might buy a ruby for a cerimonial gift and feel *****. Whats the story line on rubies.

Answer 1

Maybe you're thinking of the Opal?

The ruby offers the diamond a competitor for the title "King of Gems" or "The Lord of Gems". The ruby also generally beats-out a diamond of equal size and quality in the prices they fetch. The ruby is the form of Corundum that is red and all other colors are called sapphire .
The ideal ruby is as red as anything you have ever seen without any other tones tainting its purity of color. Because it is a form of Corundum, the ruby joins its sister the sapphire as being second in hardness only to the diamond.
The ruby was believed to have its own inner source of light and heat. Some thought it was a spark that had been struck from the planet Mars while others associated it with the sun.
The ancient Egyptians considered it the greatest physical protector of any gem and also credited it with giving good fortune and courage.
The Burmese (now citizens of the country Myanmar) believed that a ruby physically inserted into a person's flesh would make that person invulnerable.
The theme of protection runs throughout world ruby lore. In the middle ages, it was believed that the ruby would warn it's owner of impending danger by changing to a dull and dark stone or by paling greatly. It was also traditionally believed that the ruby would protect one from evil thought and evil men.
It has long been believed that to own a ruby insures one of a healthy, safe, peaceful and content life.

The opal was called the "the Gem of the gods" in ancient times. The name "opal" was derived from the latin word "opalus" and the Sanskrit word "upala" which both translate as "precious stone". The opal is a supremely beautiful stone possessing a truly remarkable play of colors within its depths. Precious opals are classified most commonly by their basic body colors.
These colors are ;black, white,water (transparent), and fire. Opals that are classified as black were only discovered in Australia in the late 1800s and Australia currently produces the majority of opal on the world market.
Black opals have a black or dark blue, green or gray color as a background to the rainbow play of colors. White opals have a white background and water opals have a transparent, colorless background. Fire opals are produced commercially on by by Mexico and at their best are colored a vibrant red. Fire opals also come in yellow, orange and brown colors and are about the only opals that you will find occasionally cut with facets rather than the more usual cabochon cut. This is due to the fact that they are quite a translucent stone and lend themselves to a faceted cut.
Opals are notoriously fragile stones that can be shattered merely by a large change in temperature. Their fragility is based on the fact that they have a very high water content and this makes the stone's structure less stable than that of most other gems.
Opals must be treated with great care in order to preserve their beauty. The traditional beliefs about opals are many but the most well-known seems to be that they are bad luck.
This belief seems to stem from fairly recent times with the publication on Sir Walter Scott's book Anne Of Geierstein in which an opal figured prominently as a stone of ill-fortune. However, prior to the book, Australian Aborigines held the belief that opals are half-devils that lie in wait to lure men to their doom. In other traditions the opal is seen in quite a different light.
Opal has been seen as a stone that will heighten psychic vision and strengthen weak emotions and memories. In ancient India, it was believed that the passing an opal in front of one's forehead, the mind would be cleared and the memory strengthened. During the Crusades a lady often presented her husband with an opal before he left in order to provide him with good fortune during his battles.
During the Victorian Age the opal experienced a boost in popularity from Queen Victoria. The queen became quite enamored with this beautiful stone and made wedding gifts of it to all of her daughters.