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Ruby

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Description
Locality: 
Kleggåsen Ruby Quarry, Froland, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 7.5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
6.00cm
Description

A plate of highly lustrous, striated ruby corundum crystals in lustrous, layered phlogopite-rich matrix from the well-known Kleggasen Ruby Quarry in Froland, Norway. Ex Armin Wendland collection.

Beautiful old time specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ruby

Variety Of: 

Corundum

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