Ruby English as barklyite or ruby, ruby red is the color of corundums corundum, ruby barklyite is in addition to the sapphire salamstone of corundums corundum, the main ingredient is alumina (Al? O?). Red from chromium (Cr), mainly Cr2O3, the content is generally 0.1 to 3%, the highest 4%. Ti-called salamstone and blue sapphire (quote from "mineralogy basis"). Ruby barklyite name for the mineral corundum corundums. (Note: In addition ruby, corundum belong to other colors such as pink corundum salamstone sapphire is called pink sapphire.) Only the red color caused by a Cr salamstone able corundum is called barklyite ruby. The pink coloration of corundum than Cr.
rubyspinel red spinel, hecatolite Moonstone, corundums corundum, tridacnas clam, QingtianStone Qingtian stone, preciouscorals red coral, uranolite meteorites, nephrites and nephrite, Jasperite jasper, muttonfatjade white jade, pyrophane fire opal, Chiltonite prehnite, orientaljasper Bloodstone, SouthRedAgate South onyx, partschinite Fanta stone, bitellos large diamond, Barklyite rubies, berylite emeralds, canutillos emerald, Cymophanite opal, demantoite demantoid, dialogite Rhodochrosite, chrysopal gold emerald, lasurite lapis lazuli, Salamstone sapphire, chrismatite yellow stone, apyrite red tourmaline, koreite Shoushan stone, FieldyellowStone Yellowstone, Indonesia kutnahorite Kaneda Huang, chalchite blue turquoise, aeroides aquamarine, chungdzi measures thinking beads, ametrines Ametrine, cyanites kyanite, cinnabarite cinnabar, cornelians carnelian, mellites dense wax, Verdelites green tourmaline, phoebezhennan Zhen Nan, hawkbillturtle hawksbill, saualpite tanzanite, almashite green, amber, saffron StigmaCroci saffron / saffron, col lacoriiasini gelatin, RadixGinseng ginseng, cowbezoar bezoar, cartialgenous velvet, winterwormsummerherb Cordyceps, Tibet gzibeads beads, catarinite days Tito A, iraurita iridium iraurite, porpecite palladium porpezite, rhodita Rhodium, iraurite iridium, cassiopeium lutetium, Dalbergiaodorifera yellow dalbergia Tan scentedrosewood sea pear, small
Barklyite natural ruby is very rare, so it is valuable, but synthetic ruby is not too difficult, so for industrial use are synthetic rubies. In 1999, Changle County, Shandong Province, China found a red, sapphire salamstone Liansheng body weight 67.5 kt, known as "mandarin duck jewel", regarded as rare in the world of wonders. 2012 found that in Moyu County, Xinjiang Kashi Kara river bed has the largest number of pieces of ruby ore 32.7 kt.
Barklyite natural ruby mostly from Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, Xinjiang, Yunnan, China, etc.), Africa, Oceania (Australia), and the Americas (United States of Montana and South Carolina).
Ruby corundum group minerals belonging corundums, trigonal system. Chromium and its components to reddish pink, the higher the content the more vivid colors. Barklyite blood red rubies most people cherished, commonly known as "pigeon blood red." barklyite canutillos ruby and emerald, aeroides sapphires, colored stones belong to the genus. barklyite Ruby hard texture, hardness just below the diamond.