Corundum var Ruby with Calcite and marble matrix

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LOCATION: Aliabad marbles, Aliabad, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

APPROXIMATE SIZE: Miniature, 3.6 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm

PREVIOUS COLLECTION: Ex. Chet Lemanski

DESCRIPTION: 

A good representative example of the well-known Ruby specimens from Aliabad, Pakistan. This specimen came out of the ground in the early 2000s and features a rose-pink colored crystal with sharp lustrous faces measuring 1.5 cm on off-white Calcite/marble matrix. The piece shows good fluorescence under UV light.

A beautiful miniature specimen and a possible gift for somebody with July birthday.

From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #18891CL.