Corundum

  
Origin: Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
Sample size: 6.2 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm
 
  
Variety ruby in scapolite
Origin: Dattaw Hill, Dattaw, Mogok, Burma
Ex. Bill Larson collection
Sample size: 3.2 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
 
  
Variety ruby
Origin: Mogok District, Burma
Ex. Edward E. David collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm
 
  
  
Variety ruby in marble
Origin: Bac Bo Mountains, Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
Ex. Edward E. David collection
Sample size: 7.9 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm
 
  
Ex. Edward E. David collection
  
Variety ruby
Origin: Jegdalek, Saroby, Afghanistan
Sample size: 8.5 x 5 x 3.25 cm (top/2nd row), 5.0 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
Variety ruby
Origin: Bianco Sivec Quarry, Prislep, Macedonia
Sample size: 3.7 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Gamesh Himal, Nepal
expedition financed by John Barlow
Ex. Charlie Key collection
Sample size: 2.3 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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