Carved Rubellite

Rubellite is the red variety of tourmaline, similar in color to ruby, from which the name is derived. The most valuable stones have a color similar to that of a 'good quality ruby'. Higher priced stones have a color that is fairly consistent when viewed in daylight and artificial light. Less valuable stones turn brownish when viewed in incandescent light (from a filament light bulb).
Inclusions are common in Rubellite and seem to appear more in stones with a darker hue.

Major source locations for Rubellite include: Africa (Nigeria), Afghanistan, Brazil, Madagascar and USA (California)