Ruby on marble

Item Description

Although Ruby is one of those minerals that is known universally, it is incredibly difficult to find specimens featuring multiple fine quality crystals on matrix like this piece. I would like to add that not only are the crystals on this specimen attractive and fine quality, but they are also UN-REPAIRED, which makes it even more desirable, as many of these piece features crystals that are 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. This specimen features several sharp, very well formed, lustrous, strong pinkish-red color prismatic crystals with wonderful gemminess measuring up to 1.0 cm long sitting beautifully on marble matrix with streaks of brown Phlogopite Mica mixed in. Many Ruby crystals you will see from around the world are often slightly translucent, or genuinely opaque, but some of these crystals glow with color when backlit. Most of the crystals are in fine shape, but a few of them are broken/contacted. 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, Myanmar, 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.