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Ruby

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Locality: 
Paranesti, Drama, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.5 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
30.00gr
Description

A lovely specimen featuring multiple pinkish-red ruby corundum crystals neatly nestled within the characteristic green pargasitic matrix of this Greek locality. Closer inspection under magnification reveals a few spots containing minor bluish kyanite. The rubies fluoresce a vibrant red under longwave ultraviolet light. Found in spring 2023.

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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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