DESCRIPTION: | No. 78580
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Mineral: | Corundum var. Ruby with minor Zircon
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Locality: | Mogok District, 115 km NNE of Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma) |
Description: | Large 11 mm pseudo-octahedral translucent pink ruby crystal, the pink gem variety of the mineral corundum, perched on translucent light-colored marble with scattered yellow-metallic pyrite impurities and an area of yellow-gray zircon crystals to 2 mm. The ruby fluoresces red under LW-SW UV; zircon fluoresces yellow under SW UV. |
Overall Size: | 31x32x23 mm |
Crystals: | 1-11 mm |
Status: | Sold - Posted here for reference only |
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