Quigi Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 I've never seen this kind of matrix before and there are several deep red crystals. At first I was thinking garnet but the matrix doesn't seem to fit that either. The closest thing I could find visually for a similar matrix was painite...but I seriously doubt that lol. I can dig out my camera if better shots are needed. Any ideas? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondmn Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Ruuby will glow under black light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Ruby will not fluorese if it has too much iron. Could it be cinnabar? Can you do a streak test on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quigi Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 51 minutes ago, pondmn said: Ruuby will glow under black light I've only got a SWUV, but the crystals look the same as the images I've found online under the same wavelength tests (which doesn't say much lol, I'll have to try to find a LW tomorrow) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quigi Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 25 minutes ago, Morlock said: Ruby will not fluorese if it has too much iron. Could it be cinnabar? Can you do a streak test on it? The good news is that it streaks clean...so no cinnabar I think. I found out that rubies won't glow under SWUV as well, which is all I've got right now, so I'll have to try to suss one out tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quigi Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) As a side note, I gave it a quick HCl bath prior to the shots just in case the orangeishness was rust. Edited August 22, 2021 by Quigi spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Ruby's fluorese best under LW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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