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Ruby Fuchsite & Tourmaline

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Ruby Fuchsite & Tourmaline

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Description
Locality: 
Hokitika, West Coast Region, South Island, New Zealand
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 3.7 × 1.1 cm
Weight: 
13.60gr
Description

Matrix specimen with a cut back,  red ruby crystals, emerald green Fuchsite and green Tourmaline 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.

Red ruby was discovered in the 1890's by gold miners in the Hokitika region of New Zealand.

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

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7

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