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Corundum var. Ruby with minor Zircon from Mogok District, 115 km NNE of Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma)

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 78580
Mineral:	Corundum var. Ruby with minor Zircon
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
Archived:	For reference only

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