Ruby on marble

Item Description

Although Ruby is one of those minerals that is known universally, it is incredibly difficult to find specimens featuring superb quality crystals on matrix like this piece. I would like to add that not only is the crystal on this specimen very fine, but it's also UN-REPAIRED, which makes it even more desirable, as many of them are often glued back on the matrix. The Rubies from Jagdalak are among some of the most well known and superbly crystallized examples of Ruby ever found, but they don't get as much attention as their counterparts from Mogok, Myanmar for whatever reason. This specimen features a sharp, very well formed, lustrous, strong pinkish-red color prismatic crystal with wonderful gemminess measuring 2.3 cm long sitting beautifully on a soft grey-white marble matrix. Many Ruby crystals you will see from around the world are often slightly translucent, or genuinely opaque, but THIS crystals glows with color when backlit. The center of the crystal has some interrupted growth where it was contacted by the marble, but the upper portion is excellent quality. A fine Ruby specimen from a locality that is not producing nearly as many good pieces as it did 15 years ago. Valued at $1,200 in the inventory. For reference, if this piece were from Mogok, I can say with certainty that the value would be higher, though it's gemmy, so it may not have survived the mines and might have been faceted into a gemstone. It's important to keep this in mind when one is searching for a display quality matrix Ruby specimen, as most of the Rubies from Mogok are rarely on matrix, whereas the pieces from Jagdalak are often on matrix and very good quality.