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English: (15 millimeters across at its widest)

This is a brilliant cut, synthetic ruby. Ruby is aluminum oxide (Al2O3). In nature, this chemical is called corundum. Red-colored, gem-quality corundum is called "ruby". Specimens of any other color are called "sapphire". Corundum has a nonmetallic luster, can be any color, has a white streak, and a hardness of 9 on the Mohs Hardness Scale. It forms hexagonal crystals with flat ends and has no cleavage.

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Author James St. John

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by James St. John at https://flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/49518378311. It was reviewed on 11 February 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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