Worm-like inclusion in a ruby

[faridhs]

Hi everyone! I hope all are in good health.

First off thanks to Barbra Voltaire, FGG for having me in GemologyOnline. I am not a gemologist, just a gemstone inclusions enthusiast.

So I got an old ring with star ruby cabochon with a weak star and was "peeking" inside the stone. The stone's surface are worned with patches of small cavities here and there . By the way I'm using a soldering digital "microscope", which microscope experts said it probably tops to 90x optical zoom and image resolution of 640x480p, so I hope you would excuse me for the low quality images.

I saw this whitish worm-like with ridges along it's length at the rightmost of the image below that I have never saw here and in other ruby inclusion picture galleries (Lotus, GIA, GRS, AIGS, etc).


Any idea what is that "thing"?

Other than that "thing" there is a cluster of short straight needles, image bellow:


A stand alone needles, images below:



Several black inclusions similar to the black inclusion in the image below:


Any info on that "thing" would be appreciated. Thanks everyone! Hope you all have great day.

[Barbra Voltaire, FGG]

Hello and welcome to our forum.
May I request that you take a picture of the stone without magnification?
Thanks.

[faridhs]

Hi Barbra! Good afternoon and thank you for your reply.

I'll try upload the picture of the stone and the ring about 9-10 (UTC/GMT +7 hours) tonight.

Bye!

[faridhs]

Pictures of the stone mounted on the ring.

The west side:


The south side:

The bottom side:

The bottom side transparency:

[Barbra Voltaire, FGG]

I removed some of your photos because they did not offer any relevant information.

[Barbra Voltaire, FGG]

The ring looks very worn, like a plating is wearing off. Any stamping on the inside? Quality stamps, maker's marks, hallmarking?

[faridhs]

Hi Barbra. I've been under the weather these couple of days, sorry. I logged in couple of times but my eyes are to watery to read anything clear and so I just logged out. My eyes just got better today.

Yes, no problem with removal of non-relevant pictures of the ring. I did not know which picture of the ring to upload so I ended up taking shots in every angle that crossed my mind.

I tried looking at the back of the ring using a loupe and I only saw some cavities, dents, scratches, and little verdigris. No definite marking, assayer nor jeweler. There is a group of dents and scratches that made me think about a Chinese or Japanese character, or a wing, but since it's not clear I dismissed as just my pareidolia.

The ring was a one of the gift from my late mother when she was alive in 2015. I do not know how long it was in my late mother possession before she gave it to me. I only know when she lived in Malaysia in the 70's she used to visit her relatives and friends in Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma so I guess she probably acquired that ring from one of those places.

Well, that's all I could think to write for now.

Good night Barbra.