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Ruby With Ilmenite & Biotite

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Ruby With Ilmenite & Biotite

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Description
Locality: 
Kleggåsen Ruby Quarry, Froland, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 6 × 4.2 cm
Description

A very nice ruby specimen shining bright red under UV-light. Just after I took the pictures I discovered some small ilmenite crystals on the specimen.

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

Ilmenite

Formula: 
Fe2+TiO3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Biotite

Group Parent: 
Mica Group

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