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Ruby With Pyrite On Quartz

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RBR85410

Ruby With Pyrite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Ali Abad, Hunza Valley, Hunza District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Description

This specimen features highest aesthetic. The contrast is outstanding: Dark, intense red and well crystallized ruby in association with glossy, very golden pyrite on showy white matrix. Ruby up to 8mm, pyrite ~ 15mm in diameter. This combination is very rare and only from a very small find. Perfect all around 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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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