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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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<blockquote data-quote="Heatho" data-source="post: 399177" data-attributes="member: 487"><p>Only just noticed this post, I reckon it's a ruby as well, pink sapphires and rubies are basically both corrundum (sapphire) the only thing that really separates them is depth of colour. Deeper redish stones are rubies and lighter colours are classed as pink sapphire.</p><p></p><p>If you have a UV light shine it on the stone, rubies and pink sapphires will both flouresce a bright hot pink colour due to the chromium content in them. </p><p></p><p>I put some photos of rubies under UV light in this thread yesterday. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=398934#p398934" target="_blank">https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=398934#p398934</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Heatho, post: 399177, member: 487"] Only just noticed this post, I reckon it's a ruby as well, pink sapphires and rubies are basically both corrundum (sapphire) the only thing that really separates them is depth of colour. Deeper redish stones are rubies and lighter colours are classed as pink sapphire. If you have a UV light shine it on the stone, rubies and pink sapphires will both flouresce a bright hot pink colour due to the chromium content in them. I put some photos of rubies under UV light in this thread yesterday. [url]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=398934#p398934[/url] [/QUOTE]
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❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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