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Ruby
ルビー
Mohs hardness
9
Mineral group
Corundum
Color
Red
MEANING
Passion, love & dignity
LORE & HISTORY
The same corundum as sapphire, colored red by traces of chromium. Long called the “queen of gems.”
Meanings and lore reflect widely known traditions and are not claims of effect. Hardness and mineral group are standard mineralogy — About our data