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Alabandite ??ruby - a kind of garnet, mineral of silicate from the group of garnets, with beautiful entitled almandite or almandine, which represents stones of red or red-purple color and hues similar with rubies, they are often confused with rubies, ruby ring in white gold. Its such an interesting and intriguing title - "alabandite ruby", a mineral required in name of a small town in Asia Minor with the same similar name - Alabanda. From different sources there are two main versions - first, Alabanda in the old days were the major trade route city and it was in fact a major transit point with a large market of gemstones. Significant demand in this market had all sorts of garnets, among which was often met "almandite" stone of various tints of red. The second version, is also very convincing, it is believed that the ancient masters of this small town Alabanda, managed to achieve excellence in processing, faceting and and cutting "almandite" stones, so that, faceted natural red stones of this mineral, got almost a diamond shine and almost ruby transparency. This stones were delivered in Europe, cutted and transparent in the form of raw materials, as well as encrusted in jewelry made of precious metals, with such great processing "almandine" stone enjoyed a very good demand from buyers. Later they became known as "Alabandite ??rubies," in general for the most part in honor of the masters of Alabanda, so they brought to the whole world the fame of their hometown. From real ruby, as well as from spinel, "almandine" stone distinguishes by its hardness on the Mohs scale it has 7.0 - 7.5. Ruby has higher hardness on the Mohs scale. From other varieties of red garnets, its difference can distinguish just professionals, using their different methods. Another major title synonym of "Alabandite ??ruby ", is "Barbary ruby", but this name has a different story. The common names of almandine stone are very much, and all of them are tied to specific inclusions, colors and shades, as well as to the places where they were discovered and cut in gemstones. For example, "grenlandin," it also "almandine," but it isn't transparent, as opposed to Alabandite ??ruby, and its deposits were found in Greenland ... In general, this kind of garnet - almandine, is quite widespread in nature. Large deposits and mines were found worldwide, but mainly are faceted those which are presented in the form of alluvial deposits, in Greenland, Finland, Norway, Burma, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Africa, Madagascar, etc. More information on www.OutletGo.net, ruby bead necklace, ruby diamond rings, ruby ring in white gold
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