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Ruby

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Fiskenæsset, Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Very nice specimen of very nice, deep coloured Ruby crystal with visible crystal face and white feldspar "aureola" - partially covered ruby crystal with some matrix from Fiskenæsset area in Greenland. Ruby from this location is the oldest known Ruby deposit (~2,9 billion-year-old!). Fluorescence very nice in LW UV.

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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