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Ruby

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Mysore, Karnataka, India
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 5.6 × 4.4 cm
Weight: 
223.00gr
Description

Purple-red, some doubly-terminated crystals of corundum, of the ruby variety, scattered all over the matrix. The crystals display a strong red fluorescence under long UV illumination. Good size, representative specimen from Mysore. 

Acquired in 17/9/1975. Ex Gustaaf collection #250, with his handwritten label. 

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

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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