8.91 Trapiche Ruby
Color: Dark Purplish-Red
Clarity: Translucent
Origin: India
Cut: Polished Slice
Treatments: None
Measurements: 14.8 x 14 x 3.2 mm
A large example of this very interesting variety of Ruby. These crystals have radiating inclusion patterns that follow the hexagonal structure of the mineral and create a traphice-like pattern, the spokes of which are often chatoyant - to the great enhancement of the effect. The present example has a nice translucent body with a well highlighted and centered trapiche pattern. Quite popular now.