Geochemical aspects of the central Australian ruby deposit

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Record No. 4911

Geochemical aspects of the central Australian ruby deposit

Journal Article

McColl, D.H. and Warren, R.G. (1981) Geochemical aspects of the central Australian ruby deposit. Journal of The Gemmological Society of Japan [宝石学会誌], Vol. 8, Nos. 1–4, pp. 23–26.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14915/gsjapan.8.1-4_23 | Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | RWHL

corundum, ruby, Australia.12, gems

The geological and geographical features of the ruby deposit discovered in 1979 near Mount Brady in the metamorphic Arunta Complex of Central Australia. An account of its subsequent utilisation as a gemstone. Chemical analysis of the host rock and a discussion of the possible modes of its genesis as a guide for further discoveries.