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Gold Ruby Ring 3-28-09 IMG_2038
Taken with a Canon PowerShot G9. (Photo credit: shadow)
Diagram of a ruby laser from LLNL document
This ruby laser rod measures 10 mm by 150 mm. The inset shows the view through the highly polished and anti-reflection coated ends is crystal clear.
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Original Ruby Laser
Components of original ruby laser.
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Maiman's original ruby laser.
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cut ruby gemstone with inclusions
ruby; red corundum
A picture I took on my senior trip
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small rubys
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small rubies in marble
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Anyolite : Ruby (red corundum), green chrome-zoisite, black Tschermakite. Tanzania, Africa.
Ruby, corundum - Arusha Region, Tanzania
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Painite, Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Ohngaing (Ohn Gaing; Ohn Kai), Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) 0.7 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
Corundum, variety Ruby - Locality: Dunje, Mazedonien, Yugoslavia - Exposed in the Mineralogical Museum, Bonn, Germany
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Zoisite Locality: Longido, Mt Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.8 x 5.4 x 3.0 cm. You can clearly see the sharp hexagonal shape of the large maroon-colored ruby (corundum) crystal here, still encased in the surrounding green zoisite in which it crystallized. The ruby crystal measures 4.5 cm. From the collection of noted California collector Charles Hansen.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 5.9 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm RUBY Aesthetically crowning the top of a massive sapphire matrix are several lustrous and translucent, rose red to cherry red crystals of ruby. A larger, VERY sharp ruby crystal to 1.25 cm in length dominates the middle. Impressive overall for the richness and the color, with a prominently displayed dominant crystal as well! The sharp habit and intense color of these crystals is unlike ruby from other localities, and immediately recognizable as something
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 5.9 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm RUBY Aesthetically crowning the top of a massive sapphire matrix are several lustrous and translucent, rose red to cherry red crystals of ruby. A larger, VERY sharp ruby crystal to 1.25 cm in length dominates the middle. Impressive overall for the richness and the color, with a prominently displayed dominant crystal as well! The sharp habit and intense color of these crystals is unlike ruby from other localities, and immediately recognizable as something
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 5.9 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm RUBY Aesthetically crowning the top of a massive sapphire matrix are several lustrous and translucent, rose red to cherry red crystals of ruby. A larger, VERY sharp ruby crystal to 1.25 cm in length dominates the middle. Impressive overall for the richness and the color, with a prominently displayed dominant crystal as well! The sharp habit and intense color of these crystals is unlike ruby from other localities, and immediately recognizable as something
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 5.9 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm RUBY Aesthetically crowning the top of a massive sapphire matrix are several lustrous and translucent, rose red to cherry red crystals of ruby. A larger, VERY sharp ruby crystal to 1.25 cm in length dominates the middle. Impressive overall for the richness and the color, with a prominently displayed dominant crystal as well! The sharp habit and intense color of these crystals is unlike ruby from other localities, and immediately recognizable as something
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: miniature, 3.8 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm RUBY Emplaced atop a matrix of gemmy, massive sapphire, are several lustrous and translucent, rose red ruby crystals, to .7 cm in length. The overall effect of a small flower opening up is very pleasing. These crystals, though small, are super-gemmy and lustrous!
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: miniature, 3.8 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm RUBY Emplaced atop a matrix of gemmy, massive sapphire, are several lustrous and translucent, rose red ruby crystals, to .7 cm in length. The overall effect of a small flower opening up is very pleasing. These crystals, though small, are super-gemmy and lustrous!
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: miniature, 3.6 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm RUBY Perched aesthetically atop a dark black matrix is a single, well formed crystal of glassy and gemmy, rose red ruby, measuring .7 cm across. It has some internal cracking, but these do not come to the surface and the form, for the price, is very dramatic!
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: miniature, 3.6 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm RUBY Perched aesthetically atop a dark black matrix is a single, well formed crystal of glassy and gemmy, rose red ruby, measuring .7 cm across. It has some internal cracking, but these do not come to the surface and the form, for the price, is very dramatic!
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: miniature, 3.6 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm RUBY Perched aesthetically atop a dark black matrix is a single, well formed crystal of glassy and gemmy, rose red ruby, measuring .7 cm across. It has some internal cracking, but these do not come to the surface and the form, for the price, is very dramatic!
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 2.8 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm RUBY This is a killer thumbnail specimen, my favorite matrix thumbnail from the lot that I had. A bit of matrix is host for 2 crystals of lustrous and translucent, cherry red ruby with exquisite micro-details on the faces and sharp bevelled edges. The larger one, exhibiting superb crystal form, measures 1.5 cm across. These ruby crystals are totally unique in form, and combined with color and gemminess make for a dramatic matrix presentation that is unlike rubies from any other locality in the world, so far as I know.Because of the balance and aesthetics of this specimen, and the quality of the ruby crystals (which have some cutting value as well), I regard this specimen very highly. Thumbnail or not, its superb. Bu as a thumbnail, for overall balance and poise, I think it is the highest competition-level quality.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 2.8 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm RUBY This is a killer thumbnail specimen, my favorite matrix thumbnail from the lot that I had. A bit of matrix is host for 2 crystals of lustrous and translucent, cherry red ruby with exquisite micro-details on the faces and sharp bevelled edges. The larger one, exhibiting superb crystal form, measures 1.5 cm across. These ruby crystals are totally unique in form, and combined with color and gemminess make for a dramatic matrix presentation that is unlike rubies from any other locality in the world, so far as I know.Because of the balance and aesthetics of this specimen, and the quality of the ruby crystals (which have some cutting value as well), I regard this specimen very highly. Thumbnail or not, its superb. Bu as a thumbnail, for overall balance and poise, I think it is the highest competition-level quality.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 2.8 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm RUBY This is a killer thumbnail specimen, my favorite matrix thumbnail from the lot that I had. A bit of matrix is host for 2 crystals of lustrous and translucent, cherry red ruby with exquisite micro-details on the faces and sharp bevelled edges. The larger one, exhibiting superb crystal form, measures 1.5 cm across. These ruby crystals are totally unique in form, and combined with color and gemminess make for a dramatic matrix presentation that is unlike rubies from any other locality in the world, so far as I know.Because of the balance and aesthetics of this specimen, and the quality of the ruby crystals (which have some cutting value as well), I regard this specimen very highly. Thumbnail or not, its superb. Bu as a thumbnail, for overall balance and poise, I think it is the highest competition-level quality.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 2.8 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm RUBY This is a killer thumbnail specimen, my favorite matrix thumbnail from the lot that I had. A bit of matrix is host for 2 crystals of lustrous and translucent, cherry red ruby with exquisite micro-details on the faces and sharp bevelled edges. The larger one, exhibiting superb crystal form, measures 1.5 cm across. These ruby crystals are totally unique in form, and combined with color and gemminess make for a dramatic matrix presentation that is unlike rubies from any other locality in the world, so far as I know.Because of the balance and aesthetics of this specimen, and the quality of the ruby crystals (which have some cutting value as well), I regard this specimen very highly. Thumbnail or not, its superb. Bu as a thumbnail, for overall balance and poise, I think it is the highest competition-level quality.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 3.1 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm RUBY Perched high on its matrix is a lustrous and translucent, cherry red crystal of ruby, measuring 1.2 cm in length. Minor chipping is present around the edges, unfortunately, but it still is a showy gem ruby and now at a reduced price. Interestingly, note the sharp sapphire zone to one edge, of this crystal which is otherwise as pure a ruby as you could wish for.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 3.1 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm RUBY Perched high on its matrix is a lustrous and translucent, cherry red crystal of ruby, measuring 1.2 cm in length. Minor chipping is present around the edges, unfortunately, but it still is a showy gem ruby and now at a reduced price. Interestingly, note the sharp sapphire zone to one edge, of this crystal which is otherwise as pure a ruby as you could wish for.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 3.1 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm RUBY Perched high on its matrix is a lustrous and translucent, cherry red crystal of ruby, measuring 1.2 cm in length. Minor chipping is present around the edges, unfortunately, but it still is a showy gem ruby and now at a reduced price. Interestingly, note the sharp sapphire zone to one edge, of this crystal which is otherwise as pure a ruby as you could wish for.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 6.3 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm RUBY This is a major matrix piece for the discovery, to date. Aesthetically perched high on its matrix is a doubly terminated, lustrous and translucent, cherry red crystal of ruby, measuring 2.2 cm in length. Very nice form and sharpness make it stand out dramatically! This crystal is unlike most others from here, very well formed. Compared to other locales, these rubies are sharper with better defined faces, than you normally see in a natural crystal.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 6.3 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm RUBY This is a major matrix piece for the discovery, to date. Aesthetically perched high on its matrix is a doubly terminated, lustrous and translucent, cherry red crystal of ruby, measuring 2.2 cm in length. Very nice form and sharpness make it stand out dramatically! This crystal is unlike most others from here, very well formed. Compared to other locales, these rubies are sharper with better defined faces, than you normally see in a natural crystal.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 6.3 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm RUBY This is a major matrix piece for the discovery, to date. Aesthetically perched high on its matrix is a doubly terminated, lustrous and translucent, cherry red crystal of ruby, measuring 2.2 cm in length. Very nice form and sharpness make it stand out dramatically! This crystal is unlike most others from here, very well formed. Compared to other locales, these rubies are sharper with better defined faces, than you normally see in a natural crystal.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 1.6 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm RUBY Unusual for THIS locality, here we have a stereotypical ruby crystal of classic hexagonal form and pink-red color. It look smore Russian or Vietnamese in form, but its from teh same place as the odd bicolors and pure intense rubies we have seen come from Winza lately. Nicely doubly terminated, this prismatic crystal of lustrous and translucent ruby weighs 29 carats.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 1.6 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm RUBY Unusual for THIS locality, here we have a stereotypical ruby crystal of classic hexagonal form and pink-red color. It look smore Russian or Vietnamese in form, but its from teh same place as the odd bicolors and pure intense rubies we have seen come from Winza lately. Nicely doubly terminated, this prismatic crystal of lustrous and translucent ruby weighs 29 carats.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 1.6 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm RUBY Unusual for THIS locality, here we have a stereotypical ruby crystal of classic hexagonal form and pink-red color. It look smore Russian or Vietnamese in form, but its from teh same place as the odd bicolors and pure intense rubies we have seen come from Winza lately. Nicely doubly terminated, this prismatic crystal of lustrous and translucent ruby weighs 29 carats.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 1.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm RUBY This is a rather equant, glassy and gemmy, rose to cherry red, doubly terminated, ruby crystal. The color is very close to the pigeonпїЅs blood red, found in rubies. Only contacted at the bottom. This is a SUPERB loose ruby crystal of really quite good lustre and form compared to rubies from any other locality. For this particular deposit, it is more pure red, and more gemmy, than most crystals of this size. It should have a considerable gem rough value within. 25 carats. photos do NOT do this crystal justice!
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 1.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm RUBY This is a rather equant, glassy and gemmy, rose to cherry red, doubly terminated, ruby crystal. The color is very close to the pigeonпїЅs blood red, found in rubies. Only contacted at the bottom. This is a SUPERB loose ruby crystal of really quite good lustre and form compared to rubies from any other locality. For this particular deposit, it is more pure red, and more gemmy, than most crystals of this size. It should have a considerable gem rough value within. 25 carats. photos do NOT do this crystal justice!
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 3.0 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm RUBY This matrix hosts lustrous and gemmy, lavender colored ruby crystals, to .7 cm across, perched high on matrix. Some peripheral contact is present to the sides of the crystals, hence the low price - but it looks good from the front.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 3.0 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm RUBY This matrix hosts lustrous and gemmy, lavender colored ruby crystals, to .7 cm across, perched high on matrix. Some peripheral contact is present to the sides of the crystals, hence the low price - but it looks good from the front.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 3.0 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm RUBY This matrix hosts lustrous and gemmy, lavender colored ruby crystals, to .7 cm across, perched high on matrix. Some peripheral contact is present to the sides of the crystals, hence the low price - but it looks good from the front.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 3.0 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm RUBY This matrix hosts lustrous and gemmy, lavender colored ruby crystals, to .7 cm across, perched high on matrix. Some peripheral contact is present to the sides of the crystals, hence the low price - but it looks good from the front.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 1.1 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm RUBY This is an extraordinarily glassy and gemmy, rose-cherry-red crystal of ruby. It is also doubly terminated and nearly complete all around, only with minor contact on the back side. A real gem, this does have some intrinsic cutting value and is as gemmy as any good crystal in this lot! The high price per carat compared to other specimens is due to the fact this is glassier, gemmier, and has such intrinsic value (possibly much more than the specimen value, in fact). 5.4 carats
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 2.0 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm RUBY This ruby specimen is composed of several, intergrown crystals with a few small sharper crystals poking out of the top. The lustrous and translucent crystals are primarily lavender in color. The color is oddly between sapphire and ruby and in particular more purpley under fluorescent lights and more reddish in sunlight.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 2.0 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm RUBY This ruby specimen is composed of several, intergrown crystals with a few small sharper crystals poking out of the top. The lustrous and translucent crystals are primarily lavender in color. The color is oddly between sapphire and ruby and in particular more purpley under fluorescent lights and more reddish in sunlight.
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 2.0 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm SAPPHIRE/RUBY This lustrous and gemmy, lavender colored crystal is also doubly terminated. Two smnall spots of Minor damage or contact is present but do not materially affect the display of the specimen. The color is oddly zoned between part sapphire and part ruby; and in particular more purpley under fluorescent lights and more reddish in sunlight. There is a significant amount of medium-purple colored cutting rough inside this crystal. 33.3 carats
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 2.0 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm SAPPHIRE/RUBY This lustrous and gemmy, lavender colored crystal is also doubly terminated. Two smnall spots of Minor damage or contact is present but do not materially affect the display of the specimen. The color is oddly zoned between part sapphire and part ruby; and in particular more purpley under fluorescent lights and more reddish in sunlight. There is a significant amount of medium-purple colored cutting rough inside this crystal. 33.3 carats
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 1.8 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm RUBY This is a lustrous and gemmy, deep red crystal. It is nearly complete all around, with just minor contact on the back side. For sharpness and clarity, this is one of the larger crystals of quality we have yet seen. There is some cutting rough in this crystal, as well. Seldom do ruby crystals come out of the ground as sharp and lustrous as from this new locality and this is a steller example of what is so
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 1.8 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm RUBY This is a lustrous and gemmy, deep red crystal. It is nearly complete all around, with just minor contact on the back side. For sharpness and clarity, this is one of the larger crystals of quality we have yet seen. There is some cutting rough in this crystal, as well. Seldom do ruby crystals come out of the ground as sharp and lustrous as from this new locality and this is a steller example of what is so
Corundum Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 1.8 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm RUBY This is a lustrous and gemmy, deep red crystal. It is nearly complete all around, with just minor contact on the back side. For sharpness and clarity, this is one of the larger crystals of quality we have yet seen. There is some cutting rough in this crystal, as well. Seldom do ruby crystals come out of the ground as sharp and lustrous as from this new locality and this is a steller example of what is so
Corundum Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) Size: miniature, 3.4 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm Ruby At approximately 1 inch in height, this is a fairly good-sized ruby crystal by any standard. For Vietnam, where most rubies are resorbed and somehow lumpy it seems, it is of exceptional sharpness. The termination is complete all around, and the crystal is freestanding from the matrix completely and fully exposed on all sides for half its height. The termination is slightly stepped, but sharp and complete, and also lustrous. The surface is waxy in lustre, as with Mogok rubies and unlike Afghanistan ruby specimens. The color is a slightly pink-red hue, that really is very different from the classic hues found historically in Burma (Mogok). Hence, to my eye, it is quite different than a similar crystal from Mogok - which would also cost a lot more money due to the more developed lapidary and wholesale markets there (and in particular, demand from teh Chinese buyers for Burmese ruby for carving material). Thus, in a similarly formed Vietnam ruby, we get really all the benefits we would want in a specimen without competing with the carving market to buy them, at least for now.
Corundum Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) Size: miniature, 3.4 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm Ruby At approximately 1 inch in height, this is a fairly good-sized ruby crystal by any standard. For Vietnam, where most rubies are resorbed and somehow lumpy it seems, it is of exceptional sharpness. The termination is complete all around, and the crystal is freestanding from the matrix completely and fully exposed on all sides for half its height. The termination is slightly stepped, but sharp and complete, and also lustrous. The surface is waxy in lustre, as with Mogok rubies and unlike Afghanistan ruby specimens. The color is a slightly pink-red hue, that really is very different from the classic hues found historically in Burma (Mogok). Hence, to my eye, it is quite different than a similar crystal from Mogok - which would also cost a lot more money due to the more developed lapidary and wholesale markets there (and in particular, demand from teh Chinese buyers for Burmese ruby for carving material). Thus, in a similarly formed Vietnam ruby, we get really all the benefits we would want in a specimen without competing with the carving market to buy them, at least for now.
Corundum Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) Size: miniature, 3.4 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm Ruby At approximately 1 inch in height, this is a fairly good-sized ruby crystal by any standard. For Vietnam, where most rubies are resorbed and somehow lumpy it seems, it is of exceptional sharpness. The termination is complete all around, and the crystal is freestanding from the matrix completely and fully exposed on all sides for half its height. The termination is slightly stepped, but sharp and complete, and also lustrous. The surface is waxy in lustre, as with Mogok rubies and unlike Afghanistan ruby specimens. The color is a slightly pink-red hue, that really is very different from the classic hues found historically in Burma (Mogok). Hence, to my eye, it is quite different than a similar crystal from Mogok - which would also cost a lot more money due to the more developed lapidary and wholesale markets there (and in particular, demand from teh Chinese buyers for Burmese ruby for carving material). Thus, in a similarly formed Vietnam ruby, we get really all the benefits we would want in a specimen without competing with the carving market to buy them, at least for now.
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 2.6 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm Ruby This 1.5 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm ruby is blood red, with the top color more characteristic of a Mogok ruby than of Afghanistan (they tend to be a little pinker). It shows extremely fine crystal form, and is perched on contrasting marble matrix. Ex. Laura and Stevia Thompson Collection.
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 2.6 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm Ruby This 1.5 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm ruby is blood red, with the top color more characteristic of a Mogok ruby than of Afghanistan (they tend to be a little pinker). It shows extremely fine crystal form, and is perched on contrasting marble matrix. Ex. Laura and Stevia Thompson Collection.
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 2.6 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm Ruby This 1.5 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm ruby is blood red, with the top color more characteristic of a Mogok ruby than of Afghanistan (they tend to be a little pinker). It shows extremely fine crystal form, and is perched on contrasting marble matrix. Ex. Laura and Stevia Thompson Collection.
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 6.7 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm Ruby WOW! This specimen features a doubly-terminated ruby crystal perched atop contrasting matrix! It is gemmy and bright, with vivid color especially when backlit. Large, matrix rubies of this calibre are NOT common and it is a piece that is far better in person than conveyed in the pics. 6.7 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 6.7 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm Ruby WOW! This specimen features a doubly-terminated ruby crystal perched atop contrasting matrix! It is gemmy and bright, with vivid color especially when backlit. Large, matrix rubies of this calibre are NOT common and it is a piece that is far better in person than conveyed in the pics. 6.7 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 6.7 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm Ruby WOW! This specimen features a doubly-terminated ruby crystal perched atop contrasting matrix! It is gemmy and bright, with vivid color especially when backlit. Large, matrix rubies of this calibre are NOT common and it is a piece that is far better in person than conveyed in the pics. 6.7 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm
Corundum Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 1.5 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm Ruby BETTER IN PERSON, a truly juicy , red, translucent ruby with outstanding color and great waxy lustre! Complete all around
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Scapolite Locality: Dattaw Hill, Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 3.2 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm. Although it does not exhibit classic crystal form, this ruby does have an unusual color zoning, where the periphery is more deeply colored in classic ruby red outlining around a slightly lavender-hued center. It is on massive, gemmy scapolite matrix...the ruby so transparent that the underlying scapolite is easily discernible. This is a fascinating corundum specimen. Ex. William Larson Collection.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Scapolite Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 3.9 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm. A beautiful, sharp, gemmy and lustrous, 1.0 cm ruby crystal set in a vug in starkly contrasting marble and accented with scapolite crystals. This superb ruby has textbook, octahedral form, a riveting, stepped-growth face and vivid, magenta color. A classic ruby specimen from Mogok.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Scapolite Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 3.9 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm. A beautiful, sharp, gemmy and lustrous, 1.0 cm ruby crystal set in a vug in starkly contrasting marble and accented with scapolite crystals. This superb ruby has textbook, octahedral form, a riveting, stepped-growth face and vivid, magenta color. A classic ruby specimen from Mogok.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Corundum, Phlogopite Locality: KleggГҐsen Ruby Quarry, Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway (Locality at mindat.org) A SHOWY and excellent CABINET plate of highly lustrous, striated ruby corundum crystals in lustrous, layered phlogopite from the well-known Kleggasen Ruby Quarry in Froland, Norway. Ex Dick Hauck Collection. RARE! 10.5 x 9.0 x 2.4 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Muscovite (Var.: Fuchsite) Locality: Swaziland (Locality at mindat.org) Lustrous, platy, green fuchsite liberally covers massive ruby matrix on this classic, old-time specimen from South Africa. Fuchsite is the chrome-rich variety of muscovite, which has bright red fluorescence. The piece comes with a Hugh Ford label, a prominent United States dealer from the 1920s to early 1950s. Ex Carl Davis Collection. 6.9 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), marble Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) A stunning ruby specimen with sharp form showing none of the usual rounded nature we often see on Afghani rubies. It almost certainly grew freestanding into a pocket, whereas most others have to be excavated out of enclosing matrix of quartz or calcite. The crystals are translucent, though not bright and gemmy per se. The color is a very deep, classic ruby-red in hue. VERY SHARP specimen formerly in the thumbnail collection of Roland and Cathy Sherman. 2.5 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), marble Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) This specimen has multiple crystals with the juiciest, waxy red lustre and color you could ask for in a ruby. They GLOW with color. Each cluster is about an inch across. The striations on the crystal faces increase the reflection of light, too, as an added bonus. I have seen many rubies from here trickle out the last 5 years, but few with such overall impact as this. Comes with custom base. 7.9 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm
Corundum Locality: Ganesh Himal deposit, Somdang, Rasuwa District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal (Locality at mindat.org) Size: thumbnail, 2.3 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm Gem Ruby with Sapphire core In 1984 Charlie , along with John Barlow , sponsored a collecting trip to Nepal for these. I have his note on the back of an old business card that states, in his opinion, this was the best crystal found. Note the winding core in the middle which is a sapphire core, something rarely seen and in need of some study to figure out why this is going on! There is probably some neat gem rough to be cut from this, with the ruby rind around a purple sapphire core. The specimen is completely WEIRD, in that it tapers from a narrow base to a wider termination which shows multiple trigonal faces. The termination has some damage on the back edge, but not in front. Note there IS one repair about the middle, so its not perfect by any means; but it IS a beautiful and very intense gem crystal that leaps out from a showcase, and the flaws are noted in that context. It is repaired at the midpoint but, you do not really mind so much in person, when the gemminess and intense color impact is taken into account (and otherwise this would be a 10k thumbnail anyhow). The color is not intense, it is almost metallic in
Corundum Locality: Hit-Ostrov, Karelia, Russia Size: small cabinet, 6.1 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm Ruby Although it is only weakly translucent (unless strongly backlit), this is a fine example of a doubly terminated ruby crystal on matrix and particularly good for the locality. The crystal is deep purple with red overtones and is 2.75 cm in length. It exhibits good satiny luster and contrasts nicely well with the massive white calcite matrix.
Corundum Locality: Hit-Ostrov, Karelia, Russia Size: small cabinet, 6.1 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm Ruby Although it is only weakly translucent (unless strongly backlit), this is a fine example of a doubly terminated ruby crystal on matrix and particularly good for the locality. The crystal is deep purple with red overtones and is 2.75 cm in length. It exhibits good satiny luster and contrasts nicely well with the massive white calcite matrix.
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 8.5 x 5 x 3.25 cm Ruby This is a superb, unusually sharp ruby crystal of a size we rarely see in good form, much less being on matrix. The piece is 2.5 inches tall overall and 2 inches wide. the ruby is blood red! there is a single crystal and a heartshaped twin! the twin is about 1.25 inches! this is majestic, and incredible for a specimen ruby at a mortal price range. Not only is it translucent, its gemmy in places...and its got CRYSTAL FORM here, not just a lump of color as are so many.
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 8.5 x 5 x 3.25 cm Ruby This is a superb, unusually sharp ruby crystal of a size we rarely see in good form, much less being on matrix. The piece is 2.5 inches tall overall and 2 inches wide. the ruby is blood red! there is a single crystal and a heartshaped twin! the twin is about 1.25 inches! this is majestic, and incredible for a specimen ruby at a mortal price range. Not only is it translucent, its gemmy in places...and its got CRYSTAL FORM here, not just a lump of color as are so many.
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 8.5 x 5 x 3.25 cm Ruby This is a superb, unusually sharp ruby crystal of a size we rarely see in good form, much less being on matrix. The piece is 2.5 inches tall overall and 2 inches wide. the ruby is blood red! there is a single crystal and a heartshaped twin! the twin is about 1.25 inches! this is majestic, and incredible for a specimen ruby at a mortal price range. Not only is it translucent, its gemmy in places...and its got CRYSTAL FORM here, not just a lump of color as are so many.
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 7.6 x 6.7 x 4.0 cm Ruby on Marble An impressive ruby specimen from the classic ruby mines here which date back even to Roman times. Large crystals in matrix are rare. Large GOOD crystals in matrix are almost unheard of. This is a rare example of such a piece, with a dominating 3 x 3 x 1.2-cm crystal sticking straight up and completely exposed on either side (a risky bit of prep work, that was!). The crystal is pristine and complete. As you can see it is also highly translucent and glows when backlit. This specimen was formerly in the Joe Freilich collection built by Dave Wilber, which was on short notice auctioned at Sotheby's in 2001. It was in Wally Mann's collection here in Dallas by 2003, where it has remained til now. Comes with custom base though I have to say it displays equally well from EITHER side.
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 7.6 x 6.7 x 4.0 cm Ruby on Marble An impressive ruby specimen from the classic ruby mines here which date back even to Roman times. Large crystals in matrix are rare. Large GOOD crystals in matrix are almost unheard of. This is a rare example of such a piece, with a dominating 3 x 3 x 1.2-cm crystal sticking straight up and completely exposed on either side (a risky bit of prep work, that was!). The crystal is pristine and complete. As you can see it is also highly translucent and glows when backlit. This specimen was formerly in the Joe Freilich collection built by Dave Wilber, which was on short notice auctioned at Sotheby's in 2001. It was in Wally Mann's collection here in Dallas by 2003, where it has remained til now. Comes with custom base though I have to say it displays equally well from EITHER side.
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 7.6 x 6.7 x 4.0 cm Ruby on Marble An impressive ruby specimen from the classic ruby mines here which date back even to Roman times. Large crystals in matrix are rare. Large GOOD crystals in matrix are almost unheard of. This is a rare example of such a piece, with a dominating 3 x 3 x 1.2-cm crystal sticking straight up and completely exposed on either side (a risky bit of prep work, that was!). The crystal is pristine and complete. As you can see it is also highly translucent and glows when backlit. This specimen was formerly in the Joe Freilich collection built by Dave Wilber, which was on short notice auctioned at Sotheby's in 2001. It was in Wally Mann's collection here in Dallas by 2003, where it has remained til now. Comes with custom base though I have to say it displays equally well from EITHER side.
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: miniature, 5.4 x 4 x 3.8 cm Ruby a very pretty, deep red ruby of classic
Corundum Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: miniature, 5.4 x 4 x 3.8 cm Ruby a very pretty, deep red ruby of classic
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Calcite, Phlogopite Locality: Ganesh Himal deposit, Somdang, Rasuwa District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 3.2 x 3.2 x 2 cm. A sharp, very well-defined single Ruby crystal (2.3 cm) in Calcite with Phlogopite. The color is very good, and the tip is gemmy and terminated. Ex. Charlie Key.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Calcite, Phlogopite Locality: Chumar Mines (Chhumar Mines), Dhading District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm. Choice Ruby specimen from the Chumar Mine of the eastern Himalayas. Many of the finest Ruby specimens from here have shown good long prismatic development of the crystals, and this is no exception. The main crystal is upwards of 3 cm long, partially terminated, and contacted in the back, has traces of the shocking pink color that these rubies are famous for.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Calcite Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) GORGEOUS, PIGEON-BLOOD RED, ruby in contrasting matrix! IN person this has a wonderful classic waxy lustre and much more intensity. Such pieces in matrix are rare, and Bill kept two of them in the suite. 2.1 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Calcite Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) GORGEOUS, PIGEON-BLOOD RED, ruby in contrasting matrix! IN person this has a wonderful classic waxy lustre and much more intensity. Such pieces in matrix are rare, and Bill kept two of them in the suite. 3.2 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Calcite Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) The ruby is 3.0 cm tall. When backlit, it absolutely GLOWS in a case! Rarely do you get such large examples of rubies from Afghanistan and usually they are broken , when you do. A crystal of such size is EXCEEDINGLY rare....and so nicely perched, almost beyond expectation! This lovely corundum var. ruby, perched on white calcite, is lustrous, translucent, with wonderful ”pigeons blood” red color saturation. This has recently proven to be one of the world’s greatest localities for fine specimen rubies. This must have been one of the earliest specimens to trickle out, and was surely prized as such a rar epiece! Even today, for the aesthetics overall and size of the crystal, it remains an oustanding specimen that is not dated at all. 3.9 x 2.9 x 2 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Calcite Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Massive, white, calcite is studded with gemmy, very lustrous, pigeon blood, crystals of corundum var. ruby. The largest ruby crystal is .7 cm across. Recent mining has exposed larger crystals but this is obviously a very old piece, and probably one of the few matrix rubies in the mineral market at the time when Pete bought it! 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Calcite Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Ex Bill Larson collection. Attached on one side by marble matrix, this is a dramatic, doubly-terminated, translucent, deepest pigeon’s blood red, ruby crystal. It has natural wet lustre...its har dto photo both the lustre and color so you have two different shots to emphasize each, if you can combine them more or less in your head. The crystal is 1.3 cm in length. It is well balanced on the matrix. The ruby crystal with its color and highlights represents the very finest quality that Mogok has ever produced, and this was stashed in Bill Larson's collection because of that. BETTER IN PERSON and when backlit, its amazing....probably better off displayed horizontally with the doubly-terminated crystal atop, but either way is good... 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Calcite Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Incredibly gemmy ruby crystal, perched on matrix! This redefines what you might expect in a gem ruby specimen, particularly on matrix. Seldom are they GEMMY as opposed to
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) A gemmy, translucent, ruby crystal with thin hexagonal plates comprising a very sculptural specimen. Elegant, rare, and VERY appealing! 2.5 x 1.0 x 0.4 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Translucent, and with gorgeous rich color, this complete crystal is better in person! 2.9 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Unusual cyclic-twinned ruby crystal, with a poor photo I admit. BETTER in person! 1.4 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) This impressive display specimen is a large matrix ruby, with a 3 cm crystal in matrix. Obviously not a gem crystal, or it would be unfathomably valuable, but this IS a ruby crystal, and a euhedral one at that - complete all around, with sharp faces, on matrix! It also has good translucency when backlit and the good color, if not gemminess. For the locality, its very sharp! 10.7 x 9.0 x 7.0cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 1.7 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm. A beautiful, classic, pigeon’s blood-red ruby crystal attached to a shard of matrix from Mogok. This crystal has sharp crystal form, high lustre, gemminess and vibrant red color. Ex. Sam Nasser Collection.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) The pigeon’s blood color in corundum is called ruby. All other colors are sapphire. THIS piece has THE color! The deeply colored ruby, 1.5 cm across, is translucent and highly lustrous. The crystal, 360-degrees complete all around, is aesthetically perched on contrasting white marble. 2.1 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mysore District, Karnataka, India (Locality at mindat.org) To go with the gigantic ruby crystal elsewhere in this auction, here is a fine LITTLE one! Unlike the large one, this one actually is translucent in good light. It has fine hexagonal form, and is terminated on one end. 1.6 x 0.6 x 0.6cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mysore District, Karnataka, India (Locality at mindat.org) While it is not exactly a gem crystal, this IS a ruby crystal, and not only that - it is HUGE, euhedral (fine hexagonal form), and doubly-terminated! If you want to amaze a non-collector, show them a ruby so big they can hardly hold it in their hand! This monster weighs 3.3 POUNDS! 15.1 x 8.6 x 7.1cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) A large, sharp and complete ruby crystal, measuring just under 2 cm across, wonderfully trimmed without damage and well exposed on the marble matrix. 5.5 x 5.2 x 4 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) A large, lustrous, weirdly shaped crystal of ruby on matrix, measuring 2.5 cm across. The crystal is complete and undamaged, and shows lots of shiny faces, despite its odd form. There is a second crystal nearby, and some accenting muscovite. 6.7 x 4.8 x 4.5cm
Corundum, Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Macedonia Department, Greece (Locality at mindat.org) Two intergrown, complete all-around, translucent, pigeons-blood red ruby crystals from an ancient and very historic locality that is now difficult to find specimens from The two backlit photos highlight the color intensity and translucency. 2.4 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Karnataka, India (Locality at mindat.org) This is one large corundum var. ruby, weighing just over one pound. It is a complete, doubly-terminated floater with good luster and superb, saturated color of pigeon’s blood red. The hexagonal form is well-developed but elegant for such a large beast, in that it tapers gently from teh center to the terminations. The crystal IS a complete floater, in tact all around even on the terminations. There have been literally thousands of these available over the years but few as large or as good as this one. 9.4 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Franklin Quarry (Moses Bigelow Quarry; Farber Quarry), Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Without question, this is a superb Ruby crystal from any locality with blood-red color and rich lustre, combined with good translucency for the thickness. It is even aesthetic, as a specimen - and complete all around, too. For sheer quality, this is hard to beat for a franklin ruby. Beyond that, it is an important historical specimen that, I am told, would have been collected in the mid-1800s. A very rare treasure and a valued specimen in her small suite of historic Franklin minerals. 1.7 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) It is difficult to find a Ruby crystal this large, let alone one that has such good color and luster AS WELL AS sharp faces. The pics can only hint at how good the clarity is. It is 3-dimensaional and complete all around (though contacted on back face) and displays phenomenally with a burst of color in a case. Much better in person! 2.7 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 3.4 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm. Beautiful, pretty pink and white, blocky ruby crystals to 2.1 cm are perched atop a crag of starkly contrasting, glassy, light gray marble on this very aesthetic specimen from Mogok, Burma. The color and lustre of the rubies is very pleasing to the eye. Classic and beautiful material. Very little new material is coming from Burma, as a result of the trade embargo.
Corundum Locality: Bac Bo Mountains, Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam Size: small cabinet, 7.9 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm Ruby in marble This specimen has multiple crystals with the juiciest, waxy red lustre and color you could ask for in a ruby. They GLOW with color. Each cluster is about an inch across. The striations on the crystal faces increase the reflection of light, too, as an added bonus. I have seen many rubies from here trickle out the last 5 years, but few with such overall impact as this. Comes with custom base.
Corundum Locality: Bac Bo Mountains, Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam Size: small cabinet, 7.9 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm Ruby in marble This specimen has multiple crystals with the juiciest, waxy red lustre and color you could ask for in a ruby. They GLOW with color. Each cluster is about an inch across. The striations on the crystal faces increase the reflection of light, too, as an added bonus. I have seen many rubies from here trickle out the last 5 years, but few with such overall impact as this. Comes with custom base.
Corundum Locality: Bac Bo Mountains, Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam Size: small cabinet, 7.9 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm Ruby in marble This specimen has multiple crystals with the juiciest, waxy red lustre and color you could ask for in a ruby. They GLOW with color. Each cluster is about an inch across. The striations on the crystal faces increase the reflection of light, too, as an added bonus. I have seen many rubies from here trickle out the last 5 years, but few with such overall impact as this. Comes with custom base.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Zazafotsy Quarry (Amboarohy), Zazafotsy Commune, Ihosy District, Horombe Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 4.7 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm. For both size and quality, this is one of the very best examples of the recently found Corundum specimens from Madagascar. I exchanged it directly from Dr. Federico Pezzotta who collected it while doing research there. It features a superb, 1.5 cm, very sharp, lustrous, prismatic, hexagonal ruby crystal with gorgeous and classic pigeon’s blood-red color perched on a wedge of schist matrix.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Zazafotsy Quarry (Amboarohy), Zazafotsy Commune, Ihosy District, Horombe Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 4.7 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm. For both size and quality, this is one of the very best examples of the recently found Corundum specimens from Madagascar. I exchanged it directly from Dr. Federico Pezzotta who collected it while doing research there. It features a superb, 1.5 cm, very sharp, lustrous, prismatic, hexagonal ruby crystal with gorgeous and classic pigeon’s blood-red color perched on a wedge of schist matrix.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) A razor-sharp 9 x 9 x 9 mm ruby crysatl perched on just the right amount of matrix to make for a killer thumbnail! It glows with the best pigeon-blood ruby color, when backlit! 2 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Ganesh Himal deposit, Somdang, Rasuwa District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.3 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm. A fine, floater Ruby crystal that has excellent luster and gemminess. Lustrous all the way around. Weighs an amazing 6.2 grams. This was a specimen from the early 1980s, Charlie said, from a famous project he helped put together to try to commercially mine these. A fabulous gem crystal, no matter how you cut it (or not), this was then kept for decades in his personal thumbnail collection Ex. Charlie Key Collection.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 11.2 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm. Classic, translucent and lustrous, pigeon’s-blood ruby crystals are aesthetically set as dense clusters or as isolated crystals along the crest or on the front of the very sculptural wedge-shaped matrix on this rich and excellent cabinet specimen from recent finds at Luc Yen, Vietnam. A few scattered muscovite books are a nice accent. Ex. Duncan Elliott Collection.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 11.2 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm. Classic, translucent and lustrous, pigeon’s-blood ruby crystals are aesthetically set as dense clusters or as isolated crystals along the crest or on the front of the very sculptural wedge-shaped matrix on this rich and excellent cabinet specimen from recent finds at Luc Yen, Vietnam. A few scattered muscovite books are a nice accent. Ex. Duncan Elliott Collection.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.5 x 3.2 x 3 cm. The former owner referred to this as a
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.4 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm. A fine thumbnail cluster of lustrous, translucent, classic pigeon’s-blood red, ruby crystals from recent finds at Luc Yen, Vietnam. The crystals are nicely striated and the large crystal is doubly terminated.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Paranesti, DrГЎma Prefecture, Macedonia Department, Greece (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 4.5 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm. Ruby from this uncommon Macedonia, Greece locality is rare and is very rarely available on the market. This is a huge, sharply crystallized, hexagonal, floater ruby crystal and it is pristine. This crystal has beautiful, rich, reddish-pink color with striking orange accents and is nicely translucent. Weighs 75 grams. A beautiful, large and sharp ruby from Greece.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.9 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm. This specimen features a sharp crystal of ruby, unusual for the species in its tapering point. It is 1.5 cm tall and glows. The color in person is a more typical
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mysore District, Karnataka, India (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 10.8 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm. Indian rubies of this impressive size are very uncommon. This is one large ruby, weighing 583 grams or nearly 1.3 pounds. It is a complete, doubly-terminated floater with good luster and superb, saturated color of pigeon’s blood red. The hexagonal form is well-developed but elegant for such a large crystal, in that it tapers gently from the center to the terminations. The crystal looks like it has many stacked layers. It is a complete floater, intact all around even on the terminations. Moderate red fluorescence.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mysore District, Karnataka, India (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 4.3 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm. A textbook, hexagonal, tabular, doubly-terminated ruby crystal from Mysore, India. The crystal has superb, saturated, pigeon’s blood-red color. One end is crudely terminated and the other end looks sawed, but in fact, is terminated. This face really highlights the intense color saturation. Highly representative of the species and locality. Ex. Wes Parker Collection.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mysore District, Karnataka, India (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 4.3 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm. A textbook, hexagonal, tabular, doubly-terminated ruby crystal from Mysore, India. The crystal has superb, saturated, pigeon’s blood-red color. One end is crudely terminated and the other end looks sawed, but in fact, is terminated. This face really highlights the intense color saturation. Highly representative of the species and locality. Ex. Wes Parker Collection.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 8.4 x 7.8 x 6.4 cm. A rather large ruby crystal in matrix, measuring almost exactly 3 cm long, and perched beautifully in a well-trimmed matrix of marble. This ruby crystal is doubly-terminated, with sharp trigons at each end. Such large, equant rubies are rare. Usually they pinch off, break, or just do not form on one end. A large doubly-terminated crystal like this should be considered unusual and valued highly. The pigeon-blood red color is excellent and this is classic for Mogok material - now quite hard to come by because of both the embargo on this nations government and because easy mining has stripped away much of the deposit and it is harder now to find things such as this. Ex. Graw Collection.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 8.7 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm. A gorgeous, gemmy and lustrous, bright pigeon-blood-red ruby crystal perched on the side of contrasting, glassy, marble matrix. The ruby is 1.5 cm long and note the complete-all-around, freestanding termination. A dramatic, colorful, and ruby crystal on matrix.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 8.7 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm. A gorgeous, gemmy and lustrous, bright pigeon-blood-red ruby crystal perched on the side of contrasting, glassy, marble matrix. The ruby is 1.5 cm long and note the complete-all-around, freestanding termination. A dramatic, colorful, and ruby crystal on matrix.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Chumar Mines (Chhumar Mines), Dhading District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.2 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm. A rich, 3-dimensional and beautiful specimen of solid, crystalllized, pigeon’s-blood-red ruby from Nepal. The crystals have good lustre and reach 2.0 cm. The tiny bit of white marble is a nice accent. Old material, from the late 1980s.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) A bright pigeon-blood-red ruby crystal, 2.6 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm in size, excavated cleanly so that it rises majestically from contrasting matrix! Note the complete-all-around, freestanding termination. In person, when backlit, the crysatl practically glows and there is no mistaking what it is...A dramatic, colorful, and large crystal for a matrix specimen in this price range! 3.5 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) A bright pigeon-blood-red ruby crystal, 2 cm long, excavated almost fully from matrix makes this a dramatic natural ruby specimen for the price! The crystal is doubly-terminated. 8 x 6 x 4 cm
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 8.5 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm. A very sharp, translucent, classically formed ruby from this famous gemstone district. This region was producing rubies as far back as the time of Alexander, and still does so today. But specimens with sharp crystals like this are seldom seen. The dominant crystal is a hair over 1 cm tall. Ex. Charlie Key.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 8.5 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm. A very sharp, translucent, classically formed ruby from this famous gemstone district. This region was producing rubies as far back as the time of Alexander, and still does so today. But specimens with sharp crystals like this are seldom seen. The dominant crystal is a hair over 1 cm tall. Ex. Charlie Key.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.6 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm. A sharp, translucent, vibrant red thumbnail crystal of ruby from the classic gem mines of Burma, with good crystalline form all around. On the back it is roughly formed from contacts, but complete nevertheless. The piece is, when backlit, gloriously pigeon-blood red in color. Ex. Charlie Key.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Corundum (Var.: Sapphire) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.1 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm. This specimen features a sharp doubly terminated, lustrous and gemmy, lavender and red, bi-colored crystal atop that is about 1 cm across. It is very gemmy. When backlit, this crystal shows particularly interesting zonation effects. 50 carats.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 1.6 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm. Unusual for this locality, here we have a stereotypical ruby crystal of classic hexagonal form and pink-red color. It looks more Russian or Vietnamese in form, but it’s from the same place as the odd bi-colors and pure intense rubies we have seen come from Winza lately. Nicely doubly terminated, this prismatic crystal of lustrous and translucent ruby weighing 29 carats.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Corundum (Var.: Sapphire) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 3.4 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm. Perched aesthetically on matrix is a lustrous and gemmy, color-zoned sapphire and ruby crystal measuring 1.5 cm in length. It is completely freestanding with a fully exposed termination. The crystal is complete all around. It is gemmy, transparent even with minimal backlighting. As with other specimens from this find, the color varies from more red to more purple depending on light spectrum but this leans mostly to Ruby. A superb matrix ruby specimen.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 1.1 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm. This is an extraordinarily glassy and gemmy, rose-cherry-red crystal of ruby. It is also doubly terminated and nearly complete all around, only with minor contact on the back side. 5.4 carats.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 1.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm. This is a rather equant, glassy and gemmy, rose to cherry red, doubly terminated, ruby crystal. The color is very close to the pigeon’s blood red, found in rubies. Only contacted at the bottom. This is a superb loose ruby crystal of really quite good lustre and form compared to rubies from any other locality. For this particular deposit, it is more pure red, and more gemmy, than most crystals of this size. 25 carats.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby), Corundum (Var.: Sapphire) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.3 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm. This specimen literally hosts a
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 6.3 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm. This is a major matrix piece for the discovery, to date. Aesthetically perched high on its matrix is a doubly terminated, lustrous and translucent, cherry red crystal of ruby, measuring 2.2 cm in length. Very nice form and sharpness make it stand out dramatically. This crystal is unlike most others from here, very well formed. Compared to other locales, these rubies are sharper with better defined faces, than you normally see in a natural crystal.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 6.3 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm. This is a major matrix piece for the discovery, to date. Aesthetically perched high on its matrix is a doubly terminated, lustrous and translucent, cherry red crystal of ruby, measuring 2.2 cm in length. Very nice form and sharpness make it stand out dramatically. This crystal is unlike most others from here, very well formed. Compared to other locales, these rubies are sharper with better defined faces, than you normally see in a natural crystal.
Corundum (Var.: Sapphire), Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 6.4 x 5.9 x 4.0 cm. A large piece: the matrix is composed primarily of massive corundum, and host to a few lustrous and translucent crystals, of lavender to rose-red ruby/sapphire. The large crystal is doubly terminated and measures 3.0 cm across. There is a negative impression on the back of the main crystal where another ruby was once in contact but the display face presents nicely.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 6.1 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm. Nestled in a vug of massive corundum is a lustrous and translucent, lavender to rose red colored ruby crystal, measuring 2.2 cm in length. This is a large, well-defined crystal of unusual size for this locality. There is a slight internal gradation to sapphire, visible when backlit. In normal lighting, it is a much more typical ruby color, at least on the surface zones. The presentation of the crystal in matrix is more typical of other matrix gem crystals compared to the generally smaller examples we are otherwise seeing from this deposit.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 6.1 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm. Nestled in a vug of massive corundum is a lustrous and translucent, lavender to rose red colored ruby crystal, measuring 2.2 cm in length. This is a large, well-defined crystal of unusual size for this locality. There is a slight internal gradation to sapphire, visible when backlit. In normal lighting, it is a much more typical ruby color, at least on the surface zones. The presentation of the crystal in matrix is more typical of other matrix gem crystals compared to the generally smaller examples we are otherwise seeing from this deposit.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.8 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm. This is a superb thumbnail specimen. A bit of matrix is host for 2 crystals of lustrous and translucent, cherry red ruby with exquisite micro-details on the faces and sharp beveled edges. The larger one, exhibiting superb crystal form, measures 1.5 cm across. These ruby crystals are totally unique in form, and combined with color and gemminess make for a dramatic matrix presentation that is unlike rubies from any other locality in the world.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 3.8 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm. Emplaced atop a matrix of gemmy, massive sapphire, are several lustrous and translucent, rose-red ruby crystals, to .7 cm in length. The overall effect of a small flower opening up is very pleasing. These crystals, though small, are gemmy and lustrous.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.9 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm. Aesthetically crowning the top of a massive sapphire matrix are several lustrous and translucent, rose-red to cherry red crystals of ruby. A larger, very sharp ruby crystal to 1.25 cm in length dominates the middle. Impressive overall for the richness and the color, with a prominently displayed dominant crystal as well. The sharp habit and intense color of these crystals is unlike ruby from other localities, and immediately recognizable as something
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 1.3 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm. A superb, classic pigeon’s blood-red cluster of parallel-growth ruby crystals from Mogok, Burma and the Bill Larson Collection. This pristine gem is sharply hexagonal, doubly terminated and has fabulous form, with the branching sidecar crystal. Weighs 3.61 carats.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 1.4 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm. A sharp, complete, terminated crystal of ruby from Vietnam, showing intense translucent deep pink to red color.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa (Mpwampwa) District, Dodoma region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 1.8 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm. This is a new ruby mine, and has been producing amazing bi-colored red/purple rough for the gem trade recently but few crystals have been preserved. This matrix hosts a sharp, gemmy, intensely colored crystal of nearly 1 cm. It is obviously twinned. In shifting lights, these change color and can show a bit of purple/blue color, even.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 7.6 x 6.7 x 4.0 cm. An impressive ruby specimen from the classic ruby mines here which date back even to Roman times. Large crystals in matrix are rare. Large good crystals in matrix are almost unheard of. This is a rare example of such a piece, with a dominating 3 x 3 x 1.2-cm crystal sticking straight up and completely exposed on either side. The crystal is pristine and complete. Ex. Joe Freilich and Wall Mann Collections.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Ganesh Himal deposit, Somdang, Rasuwa District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 3.9 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm. Most large ruby corundum crystals seen these days come from Mysore in India, and they tend to be lot clunkier than these elegant and much rarer crystals from Nepal. The two long crystals (2.5 cm) are both terminated, and are a fine bright translucent pink. Ex. Elling Collection.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Madagascar (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 1.4 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm. A very sharp hexagonal floater crystal of ruby corundum from Madagascar, doubly-terminated and complete.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 6.2 x 4.5 x 2.1 cm. A gemmy and lustrous, beautifully color saturated, 2.6 cm, ruby crystal cluster jauntily perch atop marble matrix on this excellent and showy specimen from Jagdalak, Afghanistan.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 3.4 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm. At approximately 1 inch in height, this is a fairly good-sized ruby crystal by any standard. For Vietnam, where most rubies are reabsorbed and somehow lumpy it seems, it is of exceptional sharpness. The termination is complete all around, and the crystal is freestanding from the matrix completely and fully exposed on all sides for half its height. The termination is slightly stepped, but sharp and complete, and also lustrous. The surface is waxy in lustre. The color is a slightly pink-red hue.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 7.5 x 6.5 x 5.3 cm. This specimen features a good sized, somewhat lustrous, light purplish-red color Ruby crystal on white Calcite matrix. The color is decent for a Ruby from this locality, and it certainly has a distinct purplish hue. The crystal measures 2.5 cm long.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mysore District, Karnataka, India (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.4 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm. This is a very large compound crystal of deep pink, translucent ruby-corundum. There are distinct faces all the way around the specimen. You can see a number of intergrown hexagonal subcrystals of various sizes, to about 2.5 cm across. Weighs 80 grams. Very old specimen probably from the early 1900s, ex George Elling Collection.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Ampanihy District, Southwestern Region, TulГ©ar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 4.2 x 3.1 x 0.3 cm. Though this thin specimen looks like a slice from a larger ruby crystal, it is not: it is a very unusual, extremely flattened example of the ruby-corundum well-known from this locality - a complete and terminated crystal. The crystal has a deep maroon color, and an epitaxial plateau on one side. An old specimen, ex. Carlton Davis.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 6.8 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm. The Rubies from Jagdalak are among some of the most well known and superbly crystallized Ruby specimens around. This specimen features a remarkably sharp, very well formed, semi-lustrous, purplish-pink color crystal group on a marble matrix. The crystal group measures 1.8 cm long. The crystals are not at all opaque as the majority of these specimens tend to be. The crystals also have good form with distinct basal pinacoids.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 6.8 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm. The Rubies from Jagdalak are among some of the most well known and superbly crystallized Ruby specimens around. This specimen features a remarkably sharp, very well formed, semi-lustrous, purplish-pink color crystal group on a marble matrix. The crystal group measures 1.8 cm long. The crystals are not at all opaque as the majority of these specimens tend to be. The crystals also have good form with distinct basal pinacoids.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Zazafotsy Quarry (Amboarohy), Zazafotsy Commune, Ihosy District, Horombe Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.5 x 3.3 x 3.5 cm. A superb crystallized, waxy-lustrous Ruby of the likes you rarely see. The single crystal measures an incredible 2.2 x 1.7 x 2.2 cm, has superb luster, and deep red color and translucence that are excellent. The chevron pattern on the sharp flat termination adds beauty and interest. Ex. Charlie Key.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Hyderabad District, Andhra Pradesh, India (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 4.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm. A 76-gram, euhedral crystal of ruby-corundum from India, with the characteristic maroon color and sharp hexagonal form. It is sceptered on one side due to matrix obstruction during growth. Ex. Charles Hansen collection.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 8.5 x 7.5 x 2.3 cm. Lustrous, pink ruby crystals to 1.5 cm are aesthetically set on contrasting white marble on this rich specimen from Luc Yen, Vietnam. The crowning cluster, isolated crystals below and accents of muscovite and pyrite make for a very showy and excellent specimen. The waxy lustre is another standout. Certainly an above average specimen from this well-known locality.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.6 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm. A sharp, deep pink crystal of ruby from Tanzania, with a remarkable elongated form - a doubly-terminated floater crystal!
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Munoanama, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.4 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm. A sharp, complete crystal of ruby (corundum), well-exposed on its granitic matrix, from Tanzania. It has a convex barrel shape, and you can clearly see three of its six sharp faces. The crystal measures around 2.5 cm in each direction.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mysore District, Karnataka, India (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.2 x 4.9 x 3.9 cm. A huge, complete and doubly-terminated floater crystal of ruby (corundum) from India. It is opaque, with a deep magenta color. Very sharp hexagonal form, with a
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.7 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm. A slightly translucent, pink compound crystal of ruby from Vietnam, weighing 11.2 grams. Lustrous faces and nice termination!
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Ganesh Himal deposit, Somdang, Rasuwa District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 3.9 x 3.6 x 3 cm. This is one of the oddest-looking, fantastical matrix ruby specimens that I have come across. The main crystal is 3 cm long, has very fine form, and has a .9 cm gemmy tip that is quite stunning. A killer for the locality. In 1984 Charlie, along with John Barlow, sponsored a collecting trip to Nepal for these. Ex. Charlie Key stock.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.4 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm. A very large, complete, floater crystal of ruby from Vietnam. It has very sharp faces, and deep, pinkish-red color. It is slightly translucent. A wonderful crystal, weighing an impressive 7 grams.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.9 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm. A complete ruby crystal with fabulous deep pink/red color and perfect form, on marble matrix. The ruby measures right at one centimeter. There is no damage or contact, and both terminations are intact. The crystal is completely exposed on the matrix.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 11.0 x 8.1 x 3.3 cm. Rubies from this locality are few and far between these days in my experience. The best of these specimens are certainly some of the finest crystallized Rubies in the world. This specimen features a very good sized, rather sharp, somewhat lustrous, rich purplish-pink color hexagonal Ruby crystal with smaller Rubies on white Calcite matrix. The color is pretty good for a Ruby from this locality and it is not a light pink or even a rose pink color. The largest crystal measures 2.0 cm long.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 11.0 x 8.1 x 3.3 cm. Rubies from this locality are few and far between these days in my experience. The best of these specimens are certainly some of the finest crystallized Rubies in the world. This specimen features a very good sized, rather sharp, somewhat lustrous, rich purplish-pink color hexagonal Ruby crystal with smaller Rubies on white Calcite matrix. The color is pretty good for a Ruby from this locality and it is not a light pink or even a rose pink color. The largest crystal measures 2.0 cm long.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Carvatie, India (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.9 x 5.2 x 1.9 cm. This is a very large, complete crystal of corundum (ruby), with perfect hexagonal form. That tiered look you see on one side is not damage - it is natural. Ex. C. H. Pennypacker collection (late 1800s). This superb crystal has the deep maroon color that is typical for these Indian specimens. Now, if it were only GEMMY.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.5 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm. The Rubies from Jagdalek are among some of the most well known and superbly crystallized Ruby specimens around. This specimen features a remarkably sharp, very well formed, semi-lustrous, reddish-pink color prismatic crystal on a marble matrix. The Ruby measures 1.6 cm long. The crystal is not at all opaque as the majority of these specimens tend to be. The crystal also has superb form with a distinct basal pinacoid. The color in this crystal is really beautiful, and the overall quality of the piece leaves nothing to be desired. These specimens have truly risen in price on the market in recent years, and it seems that they are not being found as frequently as they once were.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Jegdalek (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik) Ruby Mine, Sorobi District, Kabol (Kabul) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.5 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm. The Rubies from Jagdalek are among some of the most well known and superbly crystallized Ruby specimens around. This specimen features a remarkably sharp, very well formed, semi-lustrous, reddish-pink color prismatic crystal on a marble matrix. The Ruby measures 1.6 cm long. The crystal is not at all opaque as the majority of these specimens tend to be. The crystal also has superb form with a distinct basal pinacoid. The color in this crystal is really beautiful, and the overall quality of the piece leaves nothing to be desired. These specimens have truly risen in price on the market in recent years, and it seems that they are not being found as frequently as they once were.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 8.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm. A 3.0 cm, lustrous, translucent, pink ruby crystal aesthetically perched atop grayish-white marble matrix on this EXCELLENT and VERY SHOWY specimen from Hunza, Pakistan. The UNRETOUCHED backlit photo highlights the beautiful pink color saturation and translucency.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 8.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm. A 3.0 cm, lustrous, translucent, pink ruby crystal aesthetically perched atop grayish-white marble matrix on this EXCELLENT and VERY SHOWY specimen from Hunza, Pakistan. The UNRETOUCHED backlit photo highlights the beautiful pink color saturation and translucency.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.6 x 5.6 x 2.1 cm. Opaque corundum or ruby crystals, with perfect hexagonal form, still embedded in the granitic matrix - from NORWAY! This rarity came out of the Gene Meieran collection. The two largest crystals measure 1.5 cm across and are complete and terminated, with sharp faces.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.6 x 5.6 x 2.1 cm. Opaque corundum or ruby crystals, with perfect hexagonal form, still embedded in the granitic matrix - from NORWAY! This rarity came out of the Gene Meieran collection. The two largest crystals measure 1.5 cm across and are complete and terminated, with sharp faces.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.1 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm. An aesthetic and superb, floater, thumbnail cluster of gemmy and lustrous, pigeon’s blood-red ruby crystals from recent finds at Luc Yen, Vietnam. This is THE classic color for ruby crystals. Ex. Steve Smale Collection.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.1 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm. An aesthetic and superb, floater, thumbnail cluster of gemmy and lustrous, pigeon’s blood-red ruby crystals from recent finds at Luc Yen, Vietnam. This is THE classic color for ruby crystals. Ex. Steve Smale Collection.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 8.0 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm. Rubies from this locality are few and far between these days in my experience. The best of these specimens are certainly some of the finest crystallized Rubies in the world. This specimen features a very good sized, rather sharp, somewhat lustrous, rich purplish-red color hexagonal Ruby crystal on white Calcite matrix. The color is very rich for a Ruby from this locality and it is not a light pink or even a rose pink color, it certainly has a distinct purplish hue. The crystal measures 1.0 cm long.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 8.0 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm. Rubies from this locality are few and far between these days in my experience. The best of these specimens are certainly some of the finest crystallized Rubies in the world. This specimen features a very good sized, rather sharp, somewhat lustrous, rich purplish-red color hexagonal Ruby crystal on white Calcite matrix. The color is very rich for a Ruby from this locality and it is not a light pink or even a rose pink color, it certainly has a distinct purplish hue. The crystal measures 1.0 cm long.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Chumar Mines (Chhumar Mines), Dhading District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 4.1 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm. SUPERB euhedral 1.6 cm crystal of very fine Ruby.
Corundum (Var.: Sapphire), Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Zazafotsy Quarry (Amboarohy), Zazafotsy Commune, Ihosy District, Horombe Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 8.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm. Very fine pair of lustrous deep rose (almost plum) hexagonal crystals that are sharp and attractive. The largest, which is 2,2 cm, is also doubly terminated, while the smaller crystal is contacted on the small area of termination that is exposed.
Corundum (Var.: Sapphire), Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Zazafotsy Quarry (Amboarohy), Zazafotsy Commune, Ihosy District, Horombe Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 8.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm. Very fine pair of lustrous deep rose (almost plum) hexagonal crystals that are sharp and attractive. The largest, which is 2,2 cm, is also doubly terminated, while the smaller crystal is contacted on the small area of termination that is exposed.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 6.0 x 6.0 x 2.8 cm. This specimen features a few very good sized, rather sharp, somewhat lustrous, rich purplish-pink color hexagonal Ruby crystals on white Calcite matrix. The color is very rich for a Ruby from this locality and it is not a light pink or even a rose pink color, it certainly has a distinct purplish hue. The largest crystal measures 1.0 cm long.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 6.0 x 6.0 x 2.8 cm. This specimen features a few very good sized, rather sharp, somewhat lustrous, rich purplish-pink color hexagonal Ruby crystals on white Calcite matrix. The color is very rich for a Ruby from this locality and it is not a light pink or even a rose pink color, it certainly has a distinct purplish hue. The largest crystal measures 1.0 cm long.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Mysore District, Karnataka, India (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.9 x 4.9 x 4.4 cm. Three translucent, maroon-colored crystals of ruby still embedded in their matrix. They show fine, sharp hexagonal form. The largest one measures around 1.5 cm both across the termination and in length.
Corundum (Var.: Ruby) Locality: Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 11.9 x 8.8 x 7.7 cm. This specimen features a very good sized, rather sharp, somewhat lustrous, rich reddish-pink color hexagonal Ruby crystal on white Calcite matrix. The color is very rich for a Ruby from this locality and it is not a light pink or even a rose pink color, it certainly has a distinct red hue. The crystal measures 1.7 cm long.
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