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Ruby

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Karasburg, Karas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm
Weight: 
18.00gr
Description

A real oddity is this test glass with cork stopper containing "ruby sand" with several reddish grains of corundum var ruby.
Comes with old label dated around 1900. "D. S. W. Afr." means "Deutsch-Südwest Afrika", a german colony until WW I, present-day Namibia. The locality "Geinab (Kainab) rivier" is somehow obscure, but is a temporary river and located at Farm Stolzenfels in the border region of South Africa and Namibia.

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

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