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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

ironically, transparent aluminum is real

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, we call it "ruby" for red, "sapphire" for not-red, and more generally "corundum"