Ruby other rubies of similar quality. After color follows clarity: similar to diamonds, a clear stone will command a premium, but a ruby without any needle-like rutile inclusions may indicate that the stone has been treated. Ruby is the traditional birthstone for July and is usually more pink than garnet, although some rhodolite garnets have a similar pinkish hue to most rubies. The world's most valuable ruby is the Sunrise Ruby. Rubies have a hardness of 9.0 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. Among the natural gems only moissanite and diamond are harder, with diamond having a Mohs hardness of
The Ruby Suns toured with The Shins extensively throughout Australia. In 2007, The Ruby Suns signed to American record label Sub Pop for the US and Asia. The band released their second album, "Sea Lion", in January 2008. Later that year, the band recorded the song "Don't Touch the Dusty Fruit" to the Survival International charity album, "Songs for Survival", and the song "Oh, Mojave" was used in the Windows Vista commercial for the Mojave Experiment. In August 2008 The Ruby Suns contributed their track "There Are Birds" to an indie compilation album "Indiecater Vol. 2". The Ruby Suns' third album is titled