Corundum

  
Origin: Corundum Hill Mine, Franklin, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Ex. John Barlow collection
Sample size: 6.7 x 5 x 3.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Messina, Northern Transvaal, South Africa
Sample size: 4.4 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm
 
  
Origin: Mysore, Karnataka, India
Sample size: 2.9 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
 
  
Ruby on marble
Origin: Jagdalek, Afghanistan
Sample size: 5.4 x 4 x 3.8 cm (top), 2.1 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm (bottom)
 
     
Sapphire
Origin: Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
Sample size: 1.6 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
 
  
Ruby and muscovite on matrix
Origin: Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
Sample size: 6.7 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
 
  
 
  
Ruby with calcite
Origin: Mogok, Burma
Sample size: 2.1 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm (top), 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Amboharony, Ihosy, Madagascar
Sample size: 6.0 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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