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Is ruby a mineral?
The ruby is a variety of the mineral corundum, so the ruby is indeed a mineral.
What are the varieties of Corundum?
Corundum comes in just about every color of the rainbow. Every color but red is considered sapphire. Red corundum is the mineral that forms rubies.
What is the relation between rubies and sapphires?
Rubies and sapphires are both gem-quality variants of the same mineral: corundum. The only difference is in color. Red or pink corundum is ruby. Corundum in other colors is sapphire.
What mineral is a hard abrasive?
Corundum - Crystalline Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3) is a mineral that is hard (9.0 on Mohs scale) and used as an abrasive.
What is tbe best slogan for the mineral corundum?
Im wondering the same thing lol
Is corundum the hardest rock?
Corundum is a mineral, therefore it could not be the hardest rock.
What rock or mineral is the hardest?
Corundum.
Is ruby a mineral or 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.
Is a sapphire a rock or a mineral?
Sapphire is gem quality corundum, which is a mineral.
What is the only mineral that can scratch corundum?
Diamond is the hardest mineral and is the only one that can scratch corundum. but in my opinion corundum will scratch corundum any mineral of the same hardness will scratch the other !
What mineral can corundum scratch?
Corundum can scratch almost any mineral that isn't diamond.
What are facts about the mineral corundum?
Pure corundum is clear in color.
What is the mineral of which sapphire and ruby are comprised?
The mineral corundum.
Ruby a mineral or a rock?
Rubies (and sapphires also) are compounds of a crystallized mineral called corundum that consists mostly of aluminum oxide (Al2O3).
What is the hardness of the ruby?
Ruby, a variety of the mineral corundum, has a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
Is saphire a mineral?
Sapphire is a gemstone version of the mineral corundum.
What is corundum what mineral?
Oxide
