Giant Soviet Laser Ruby Rod, Polished skull or zinc oxide

or zinc oxide

With the incredible accelerations and speed that have to be withstood an ultra hard

and an even smaller percentage are also clean enough to facet into gems

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Giant Soviet Laser Ruby Rod, Polished skull or zinc oxideThis is a super classic ruby laser rod, old surplus left over from the Soviet Union. It's basically the opposite answer to the Star Wars laser rubies, with a similar pink red tint. This would have likely been grown by the Czochralski method it is polished all around and only has minor chipping on the end faces. Overall it's an incredible piece and would also make amazing rough for gemstones if you could bear to cut it up. The rod measures 15. 8mm in