24 g ruby in matrix – Excalibur Crystal, phlogopite, marble – 5.0 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm Crystal on matrix- 24 g

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A 24 g Rubin in matrix featuring a strong multi‑crystal ruby cluster in a pink to cherry red, set in coarse white to light grey marble with dense gold‑brown phlogopite and silvery metallic scales, originating from the Sar-e-Sang Region, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, measuring 5.0 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm and described as Kristall auf Muttergestein.

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This step comes from the marble quarries of the Badakhshan Province in the Afghan Hindu Kush. At its end rises a stout ruby-crystal cluster from the light-colored rock, diagonally upright and tapering to a point, like a blade still embedded in stone.

The ruby shows a deep raspberry to cherry red. On its smooth, glossy crystal facets cling fine light residues of the matrix. The matrix itself is a coarse-grained white to light gray marble, whose cleavage planes flash in the light. Around the ruby and along an entire longitudinal side of the step it is densely coated with gold-brown phlogopite. The scales of this magnesium mica shimmer in the light like gold foil. Between them lie occasional silvery-gray, metallic-looking scales.

Under UV light the ruby glows intensely red, while the marble remains dark and only shows occasional bluish points of light. Responsible is the same element that colors the ruby, chromium. Iron can mask this glow, but marble is iron-poor. Rubies from marble therefore fluoresce typically red, even under the UV portion of sunlight, which gives their color additional glow.

Ruby, marble and mica are still in their original association here. Thus the step shows how the gemstone grew in its host rock, and is thus a striking collectible piece.

Material: Ruby (corundum, chromium-containing)
Matrix: coarse-grained white to light gray marble with gold-brown phlogopite (magnesium mica)
Origin: Sar-e-Sang region, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Dimensions: 5.0 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm
Weight: 24 g
Special features: Strong, multi-part ruby-crystal cluster in deep raspberry to cherry red, slanted to rise from the end of the matrix; dense gold-brown phlogopite coating around the ruby and on one long side; occasional silvery-gray, metallic-looking scales; under UV light intensely red fluorescence of the ruby, marble with occasional bluish glowing specks.

Seller's Story

Ich lasse mich immer wieder von der Schönheit der Natur überraschen und berühren. Mineralien und Edelsteine empfinde ich als Verkörperung jener Perfektion und Harmonie, die allem Sein zugrunde liegt. In ihnen verdichtet sich die Essenz der Erde – kristallisiert für die Ewigkeit und doch in jedem Stück einzigartig. Jedes Mineral, das ich anbiete, ist von mir persönlich ausgewählt. Nicht nach bloßem Glanz, sondern nach dem Gefühl von Wahrhaftigkeit, das es in mir hervorruft. So findet nur das seinen Weg in meine Hände – und weiter in Ihre –, was ich selbst als würdig empfinde, in seiner Schönheit weitergereicht zu werden. In meinem Handeln leiten mich Ehrlichkeit, Sorgfalt und die Freude am Teilen dieser Schätze. Ich verstehe mich dabei weniger als Händler, sondern vielmehr als Vermittler zwischen der Natur und den Menschen, die bereit sind, ihre Geschenke mit Achtsamkeit anzunehmen.

This step comes from the marble quarries of the Badakhshan Province in the Afghan Hindu Kush. At its end rises a stout ruby-crystal cluster from the light-colored rock, diagonally upright and tapering to a point, like a blade still embedded in stone.

The ruby shows a deep raspberry to cherry red. On its smooth, glossy crystal facets cling fine light residues of the matrix. The matrix itself is a coarse-grained white to light gray marble, whose cleavage planes flash in the light. Around the ruby and along an entire longitudinal side of the step it is densely coated with gold-brown phlogopite. The scales of this magnesium mica shimmer in the light like gold foil. Between them lie occasional silvery-gray, metallic-looking scales.

Under UV light the ruby glows intensely red, while the marble remains dark and only shows occasional bluish points of light. Responsible is the same element that colors the ruby, chromium. Iron can mask this glow, but marble is iron-poor. Rubies from marble therefore fluoresce typically red, even under the UV portion of sunlight, which gives their color additional glow.

Ruby, marble and mica are still in their original association here. Thus the step shows how the gemstone grew in its host rock, and is thus a striking collectible piece.

Material: Ruby (corundum, chromium-containing)
Matrix: coarse-grained white to light gray marble with gold-brown phlogopite (magnesium mica)
Origin: Sar-e-Sang region, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Dimensions: 5.0 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm
Weight: 24 g
Special features: Strong, multi-part ruby-crystal cluster in deep raspberry to cherry red, slanted to rise from the end of the matrix; dense gold-brown phlogopite coating around the ruby and on one long side; occasional silvery-gray, metallic-looking scales; under UV light intensely red fluorescence of the ruby, marble with occasional bluish glowing specks.

Seller's Story

Ich lasse mich immer wieder von der Schönheit der Natur überraschen und berühren. Mineralien und Edelsteine empfinde ich als Verkörperung jener Perfektion und Harmonie, die allem Sein zugrunde liegt. In ihnen verdichtet sich die Essenz der Erde – kristallisiert für die Ewigkeit und doch in jedem Stück einzigartig. Jedes Mineral, das ich anbiete, ist von mir persönlich ausgewählt. Nicht nach bloßem Glanz, sondern nach dem Gefühl von Wahrhaftigkeit, das es in mir hervorruft. So findet nur das seinen Weg in meine Hände – und weiter in Ihre –, was ich selbst als würdig empfinde, in seiner Schönheit weitergereicht zu werden. In meinem Handeln leiten mich Ehrlichkeit, Sorgfalt und die Freude am Teilen dieser Schätze. Ich verstehe mich dabei weniger als Händler, sondern vielmehr als Vermittler zwischen der Natur und den Menschen, die bereit sind, ihre Geschenke mit Achtsamkeit anzunehmen.

Details

Main mineral
24 g ruby in matrix – Excalibur Crystal, phlogopite, marble – 5.0 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm
Mineral form
Crystal on matrix
Weight
24 g
Origin (region/city)
Sar-e-Sang Region, Badakhshan
Country of origin
Afghanistan
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Objects sold
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