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Ruby & Fuchsite

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Ruby & Fuchsite

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Description
Locality: 
Hokitika, West Coast Region, South Island, New Zealand
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

Red ruby was discovered in the 1890's by gold miners in the Hokitika region of New Zealand.Specimen showing  Red ruby crystals with emerald green Fuchsite in matrix. most rocks are composed with a sapphire/ ruby rich core ranging in colour from red carmine and pale blue to dark blue violet. Tourmaline crystals occur within the muscovite and margarite matrix. Fluoresces bright deep red in UV LW

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

Fuchsite

Variety Of: 

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Formula: 
K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
Hardness: 
0.0

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