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Corundum Var Ruby

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Corundum Var Ruby

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Description
Locality: 
Paranesti, Drama, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.20cm
Description

A very nice (for size and color) ruby mass on green amphibolite schist matrix.

All rubies from this locality are like this (without any transparency). Specimen is cleaned of matrix mechanically but best work can be done using an air abrasive tool. The base of the matrix is slightly sawn allowing the specimen to show very nicely.

This locality is the only one in Greece that ruby specimens are found (average size 0,5 cm).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
9.0
Streak: 
White

Ruby

Variety Of: 

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
9.0
Formula: 
Al2O3
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
9.0
Colour: 
Red

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