Fig. 18d Round colorless inclusion in a ruby from Tanzania (Winza) was identified by ED-XRF and Raman as Flour-Apatite with concentrations of Chlorine (Cl). The contact of the Apatite to the ruby is marked by a thin layer of another mineral phase (reaction rim) which is not yet identified.

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