50 Carat Ruby - Treasure Valley, NC

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Western North Carolina
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Fisher GBII
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Found this week at my property in Western North Carolina
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I’ve never seen a “raw” Ruby and probably would have walked right past that one thinking it was just a rock. Nice find!
 

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Do you shine light through them to identify?
 

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Dang! Shows what I know. I thought it wascs crinoid fossil.
 

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I doubt thats the only one where you found it, keep digging! These fluoresce bright red usually under long wave UV light.
 

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