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AUSTRALIAN RUBY
An Australian ruby is actually a pyrope garnet (and not a ruby at all).
AVENTURINE FELDSPAR ...
Australian Ruby: See pyrope garnet.
Austrian crystal: Trade name for lead crystal cut with precise edges and angles at the Swarovski factory, located in Wattens in the Austrian Tyrols, ...
Adelaide ruby, Australian ruby, Bohemian ruby, Alabandine
American ruby, Black Hills ruby, California ruby,
Montana ruby, Mountain ruby and Rocky Mountain ruby.
aka Arizona Ruby, Arizona Spinel, Australian Ruby, Black Hills Ruby, Bohemian Ruby, Montana Ruby, Mountain Ruby, New Mexico Ruby, Rocky Mountain Ruby ...
For example, a Kanchnaburi ruby usually commands a much higher premium than an Australian ruby.
Hardness: The hardest known gemstone is diamond and the next hardest is ruby. Rubies belong to the family of mineral corundum.
Pyrope Garnet: A poppy or blood-red colored garnet composed of alumina magnesia. It is used as a gem. Sometimes called an "American Ruby", "Australian Ruby", "Arizona Ruby", or "Bohemian garnet". See also Rhodolite.
The formula for garnet is: A3B2(SiO4)3. Pyrope garnet is also called (misleadingly) American Ruby, Arizona Ruby, Australian Ruby, Bohemian Ruby, California Ruby, Cape Ruby, Colorado Ruby, Elie Ruby, Montana Ruby, and Rocky Mountain Ruby.
 See also: Jewel, Emerald, Sapphire, Color, Gemstone
  
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