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Ruby & Pyrite

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Ruby & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Ali Abad, Hunza Valley, Hunza District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 7 × 3.2 cm
Description

An intense colored sharp terminated octehedral ruby (7mm across) freestanding and exposed on very lustrous pyrite. The main group - ruby on pyrite - is about 25mm high. White matrix of marple helps to give fine contrast. Excellent and aesthetic assemble and undamaged.

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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