Tag: Ruby
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🇱🇷 Natural Rough Corundum: The Ruby-Sapphire Mineral Behind the 68.70-Carat Specimen
Natural rough corundum is one of the world’s most important gemstone minerals, forming ruby, sapphire and a spectrum of fancy sapphire colors. Explore its properties, current market value, claimed Kashmir origin, and documented occurrences across Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and other parts of West Africa.
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🇲🇿 In Mozambique, a group of illegal miners killed two police officers guarding a ruby mine.
“A group of about 40 illegal miners came to the gates of the Montepuez Ruby Mining. They attacked Mozambican police officers at the gates and killed two,” said a statement from the British mining company Gemfields, which owns the site. The company reported that the attack is related to a clash between district immigration authorities…