Description

Remarkable pink ruby crystal, perfectly automorphic on a gangue of green pargasite.

Specimen of corundum, ruby variety, strongly fluorescent under short ultraviolet light.

Rare rubies from France. The deposit is located near the Moulin de la Rode, or Rodde, or Pont la Rode, in Viala-du-Tarn, Aveyron department.

Here is a video of this French corundum specimen:

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