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Corundum Var Ruby

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Corundum Var Ruby

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Description
Locality: 
Rai-Iz, Tyumen Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7.8 × 3.6 cm
Description

A fine purplish-red ruby section measuring 5.5 cm in diameter is frozen within matrix.

This specimen is figured in Kolesar and Tvrdý - Zarenschätze (2006), page 203.

Ex Wolfgang E. Henkel collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
9.0
Streak: 
White

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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