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RED RUBY SPECIMEN

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RED RUBY SPECIMEN

This crystal is a beautiful natural Red Ruby Specimen in white matrix.  Great deep colour and an excellent specimen with natural crystal formation from this location.  Under magnification with a 10x there are many interesting inclusions on the matrix including metals like Pyrite.  The third pic of this piece are taken under long wave ultraviolet light showing extreme fluorescence.  Just one of the interesting features of this mineral.

Location:
Swat Valley, Pakistan.

Dimensions:
5.4cm x 2.8cm x 2.9cm, 43g.
Main Crystal: 16.1mm long.

Ruby Corundum: Al2O3.

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RED RUBY SPECIMENRED RUBY SPECIMEN

This crystal is a beautiful natural Red Ruby Specimen in white matrix.  Great deep colour and an excellent specimen with natural crystal formation from this location.  Under magnification with a 10x there are many interesting inclusions on the matrix including metals like Pyrite.  The third pic of this piece are taken under long wave ultraviolet light showing extreme fluorescence.  Just one of the interesting features of this mineral.

Location:
Swat Valley, Pakistan.

Dimensions:
5.4cm x 2.8cm x 2.9cm, 43g.
Main Crystal: 16.1mm long.

Ruby Corundum: Al2O3.

Red stones are known as Ruby and all other colours as Sapphires.  The name is derived from the Sanskrit “kuruvinda” meaning Ruby.  A rare sapphire is a Padparadscha which is a pinky peach colour, found in Sri Lanka.  Ruby is the second hardest natural mineral known to mankind.  Red colour in a Ruby is caused by trace amounts of the element Chromium.  The best shade of red for a Ruby is Pigeon Blood Red.  Ruby can be any shade of red up to almost pink.

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