Corundum

specimen number:
1651626

location:
Ketito, Manyara, Tanzania

description:
Purplish red crystals of corundum, this is the variety known as ruby, measuring to 1.5 cm in height across the top of this matrix. In very good condition, the corundum is brightly fluorescent red under longwave ultraviolet light. Collected in the mid 1970s.

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