Corundum (Var: Ruby)
Propst Farm, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
1.3 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
A great, rarely seen, old classic example of the famous Propst Farm rubies in the form of a single, sharp, semi-lustrous, euhedral hexagonal prism with a nice saturated, darker pinkish-red color. The piece is damage free as far as I can tell, and appears to be doubly-terminated, but there is a bit of attached glue on the ...
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