How can you tell whether is ruby or zicron ..etc?

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Hi all,

not sure if posted in the right group... but anyway, from naked eye, can you tell whether the things you found is ruby or zicron?

I was told that cherry red is ruby but I also heard Liz in here that ruby is rare.

Also if you find some tiny ones (like sesame seed size), will you polish them or leave it as is? If you decided to process it how do you do it?
 
Sesame seed size is really not worth doing anything with to be honest. Rubies are quite rare in Australia but not as rare as some might say. The best way to see if it is a ruby or zircon is with a uv light, Australian rubies will flouresce a bright hot pink and red zircons won't.

In places like the Cudgegong River they are way more rubies than zircons, but they are so small they are really not worth doing anything with.

If you can add the place where it was found that would probably help identify it also.
 
Heatho said:
Sesame seed size is really not worth doing anything with to be honest. Rubies are quite rare in Australia but not as rare as some might say. The best way to see if it is a ruby or zircon is with a uv light, Australian rubies will flouresce a bright hot pink and red zircons won't.

In places like the Cudgegong River they are way more rubies than zircons, but they are so small they are really not worth doing anything with.

If you can add the place where it was found that would probably help identify it also.
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Cool. Thanks for your help.

The location is Oberon area
 

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