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He pōhaku nani a waiwai nui ʻo Ruby i mahalo nui ʻia no nā kenekulia no kona kala ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula a me ka lōʻihi. He ʻano corundum, ʻo ia ka mineral i haku ʻia me ka alumini oxide. Ke loaʻa i ka alumini oxide nā ʻāpana o ka chromium, lilo ia i ruby.
ʻIke ʻia ʻo Ruby no kona ʻulaʻula momona, hiki ke loaʻa mai kahi ʻulaʻula hohonu, ʻeleʻele a i kahi ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula. ʻO ka ikaika o ke kala e pili ana i ka nui o ka chromium i loko o ka pōhaku. ʻO nā rubi me nā mea chromium kiʻekiʻe loa i manaʻo ʻia he mea waiwai loa.
Ma waho aʻe o kona kala, mahalo ʻia ka ruby no kona lōʻihi. He 9 ia ma ka pālākiō Mohs o ka paʻakikī mineral, e lilo ia i kekahi o nā pōhaku paʻakikī. ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka pale ʻana i ka ʻoki ʻana a me ka ʻoki ʻana, e lilo ia i koho maikaʻi loa no nā mea nani e ʻaʻahu ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā.
Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Ruby ma kekahi mau ʻāina a puni ka honua, me Afghanistan, Madagascar, a me Thailand. ʻO ka maikaʻi o ka ruby e pili ana i kahi a me nā kūlana o ka mine, a me ke akamai o ka mea miner. ʻO nā rubi i ʻeli ʻia ma nā wahi me ka nui o ka chromium, ʻoi aku ka hohonu o ka waihoʻoluʻu.
He koho kaulana ʻo Ruby no nā mea nani, a hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i nā apo komo, nā lei, nā apo pepeiao, a me nā ʻano mea nani ʻē aʻe. Hoʻohana ʻia ia i loko o kekahi mau mea kūʻai kuʻuna a me ka moʻomeheu, e like me ka ruby " pigeon's blood" Burmese, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka ruby kiʻekiʻe loa.
Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka ruby kahi pōhaku makamae a waiwai nui i mahalo ʻia no kona kala ʻulaʻula momona a me ka lōʻihi. ʻO kāna versatility a me ka nani e lilo ia i mea koho kaulana no nā mea nani a me nā mea hoʻonaninani ʻē aʻe.