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Corundum from
Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece


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Ruby

Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Corundum

Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Ruby

Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Ruby

Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Ruby

Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Corundum

Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Ruby

Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Ruby

Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Ruby

Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Corundum

Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Ruby

Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Ruby

Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Corundum
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Corundum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ruby occurrence, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1205952
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1205952:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Corundum
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘParanesti uranium mineralisation, Paranesti, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
38.1km (23.7 miles) ⓘGorgona, Myki, Xanthi, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
46.4km (28.8 miles) ⓘThermes ore field, Myki, Xanthi, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
65.3km (40.6 miles) ⓘDobromirtsi, Kirkovo Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
72.4km (45.0 miles) ⓘMishevsko, Dzhebel Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
89.4km (55.6 miles) ⓘObidim eclogite, Bansko Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria
References
Wang, Kandy K., Graham, Ian T., Lay, Angela, Harris, Stephen J., Cohen, David Ronald, Voudouris, Panagiotis, Belousova, Elena, Giuliani, Gaston, Fallick, Anthony E., Greig, Alan (2017) The Origin of A New Pargasite-Schist Hosted Ruby Deposit From Paranesti, Northern Greece. The Canadian Mineralogist, 55 (4) 535-560 doi:10.3749/canmin.1700014
Wang, Kandy, Graham, Ian, Martin, Laure, Voudouris, Panagiotis, Giuliani, Gaston, Lay, Angela, Harris, Stephen, Fallick, Anthony (2019) Fingerprinting Paranesti Rubies through Oxygen Isotopes. Minerals, 9 (2) 91 doi:10.3390/min9020091
Karantoni, Vilelmini, Karampelas, Stefanos, Voudouris, Panagiotis, Melfos, Vasilios, Papadopoulou, Lambrini, Soldatos, Triantafyllos, Mavrogonatos, Constantinos (2021) Spectroscopy and Microscopy of Corundum from Primary Deposits Found in Greece. Minerals, 11 (7) 750 doi:10.3390/min11070750
 
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