| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Myanmar (Burma) > Corundum var. Ruby |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 79067 |
| Mineral: | Corundum var. Ruby |
| Locality: | Mogok District, 115 km NNE of Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma) |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent pink ruby crystals, the pink gem variety of the mineral corundum, embedded in light-colored marble. The ruby crystals other surrounding crystals, now gone, leaving crystallized impressions in select faces. Fluoresces red under LW UV illumination. |
| Overall Size: | 11x10x8 mm |
| Crystals: | 3-7 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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