.7" Highly Fluorescent Ruby Crystal - India

Highly Fluorescent Ruby Crystal - India #244117

This is a beautiful, .7" wide "floater" crystal of ruby from the Mysore District of Kamataka, India. These rubies form naturally within a hard matrix from which they have been completely removed. It bears a deep magenta coloration and is opaque. Under shortwave UV light, the crystal exhibits a vibrant red-pink fluorescence.

It has been mounted to an acrylic display base with mineral tack.

Ruby is a variety of corundum distinguished for its bright red color, which often varies from pinkish-red to a deeper blood-red. It is one of the most popular gemstones for both its alluring color and hardness--9 on the Mohs hardness scale--making it suitable for nearly all types of jewelry. Sapphire is chemically identical to ruby, but encompasses the remaining colors, though mainly blue. For this reason, ruby can be classified as red sapphire, but typically is left as its own gemstone variety due to its historical significance and appealing coloration.

Chemical Formula - Al2O3

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SPECIES

Corundum var. Ruby

LOCATION

Mysore District, Karnataka, India

SIZE

.7 x .3"

.7" Highly Fluorescent Ruby Crystal - India

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