corundum, Yugoslavia.12, Macedonia.12, gems

Ruzic describes an extraordinary 7,825-carat purplish-pink ruby from Yugoslavia featured on the cover of the Lapidary Journal. The brief note discusses the exceptionally large specimen, its color and appearance, and its significance as an unusual example of corundum from Yugoslavia. The article is primarily a description of the cover specimen rather than a detailed mineralogical or gemological study.