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Diaspore & Ruby

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Diaspore & Ruby

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Description
Locality: 
Sivec Marble Quarry, Prilep, North Macedonia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4.8 × 3.2 cm
Description

Diaspore replaces a ruby crystal.

Classic mineralogical speciality from prilep

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Diaspore

Formula: 
AlO(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FD.10
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Mramorskii Zavod (Mramorsk Zavod), Kosoi Brod Village, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Ruby

Variety Of: 

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
9.0
Formula: 
Al2O3
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
9.0
Colour: 
Red