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Corundum Var Ruby

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Corundum Var Ruby

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Description
Locality: 
Froland, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4.3 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

A plate of highly lustrous, striated ruby corundum crystals in lustrous, layered phlogopite from the well-known Kleggasen Ruby Quarry in Froland, Norway.

Ex Dr. Wilke collection, ex Günther Schnorrer collectionCollected 1967

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
9.0
Streak: 
White

Ruby

Variety Of: 

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
9.0
Formula: 
Al2O3
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
9.0
Colour: 
Red