Ruby Zoisite | Tumbled

Zoisite is the name of a family of calcium aluminum silicate minerals with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. Its crystal system is orthorhombic, and it forms in prismatic crystals, as well as in massive, columnar and granular habits. Colors range from green, gray, white, greenish-brown, colorless, blue, purple, yellow and pink. Ruby is a variety of corundum, an aluminum oxide with a hardness of 9. The intense red color of Ruby is from chromium. Its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). It forms in prismatic, tabular, bipyramidal or rhombohedral crystals. It can also occur in granular or massive habits. 

Localities: India, Madagascar, Russia, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Kenya, Mexico, Tanzania

Rarity: Common

Hardness: 6.5 - 7

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