Ruby, Pyrope & Muscovite
![Ruby with striations, etched lines and dots.](https://d1apklpq3d1b8b.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Ruby-Muscovite-1.jpg)
Minerals: Ruby (Corundum), Pyrope (Garnet var. Rhodolite), Muscovite.
– Field of View: 1.5 cm (appr.)
– Found: Madagascar (Zazafotsy)
Photo: Leo Jahaan
This Ruby has particularly interesting natural etching with lines and dots almost looking like a code of sorts. It is surrounded by patches of red Pyrope on a dark Muscovite matrix.
The locality of Zazafotsy in Madagascar produces fascinating bi-color rubies, which change from a reddish-pink to a rich violet color depending on the source of light (sun / artificial) and angle of viewing. In the photo below you can see the same ruby with a very different color.
![The violet Ruby from the previous photo is now pink.](https://d1apklpq3d1b8b.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Ruby-Muscovite-2.jpg)
Description: Ruby with alternate color depending on light source.
– Field of View: 1.5 cm (appr.)
Photo: Leo Jahaan
![Rubies and Pyrope on Muscovite.](https://d1apklpq3d1b8b.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Ruby-Muscovite-3.jpg)
Description: 2x Color-changing Rubies, scatterings of Pyrope and a sparkling Muscovite matrix.
– Specimen Size: 7 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm (appr.)
Photo: Leo Jahaan
![Rear of the specimen with abundant Pyrope.](https://d1apklpq3d1b8b.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Ruby-Muscovite-4.jpg)
Description: This rich red Pyrope is a type of Garnet, complemented here by the Muscovite matrix.
Photo: Leo Jahaan