Arts & CultureSaturday, November 21

Rubies - New Exhibit

Name: Rubies - New Exhibit
Start: 2026-11-21T14:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-21T22:00:00.000Z
Location: Master Your Camera Controls Harvard Museum of Natural History

Saturday, November 21 · 9 a.m.-5 p.m. · Master Your Camera Controls Harvard Museum of Natural History

9 a.m.-5 p.m.

When: Saturday, November 21 · 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: Master Your Camera Controls Harvard Museum of Natural History26 Oxford Street · Cambridge, MA · 02138

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Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

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