Rubies (and sapphires also) are compounds of a crystallized mineral called corundum that consists mostly of aluminum oxide (Al2O3).
The ruby's chemical composition is Al2O3, an aluminum oxide. The red color of a ruby, which is a kind of corundum, comes from chromium in it.
Rubies are an element.These are compounds of a crystallized mineral called corundum that consists mostly of aluminum oxide (Al2O3).
Ruby is a mineral.
Neither. They are mixtures.
Ruby is a variety of the mineral corundum, and is not classified as sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic in the manner of rocks.
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no they are not the same type of mineral.
A jade is actually both a mineral and a rock.
The commercial name of the ruby is 'ruby rock'. In geological terms it is called as Goodletite. It is commonly found in Westland and New Zealand.
Ruby is a variety of the mineral corundum, and is not classified as sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic in the manner of rocks.
Ruby belongs to the mineral group Corundum
The ruby is a variety of the mineral corundum, so the ruby is indeed a mineral.
The mineral corundum.
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Ruby, a variety of the mineral corundum, has a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
A ruby is a crystal form of the mineral corundum.
Ruby represents the red variety of the mineral corundum.
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