Rubies are mined in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Greenland. They are most often found in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Madagascar and Thailand, though they have also been found in the U.S. states of Montana and South Carolina. The Mogok Valley in Myanmar has produced some of the finest rubies. However in recent years very few good rubies have been found there. In central Myanmar the area of Mong Hsu also produces rubies. In 2002 rubies were found in the Waseges River area of Kenya. Rubies are being mined at Audilamena in northeastern Madagascar.
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 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.
Rubies are part of the corundum mineral group.
no they are not the same type of mineral.
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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A Ruby is a non-silicate because it just is lol
Yes. Ruby is a red gem-quality variety of the mineral corundum.