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Sapphire

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Sapphire

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Description
Locality: 
Ganish, Hunza Valley, Hunza District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.6 × 1.7 cm
Description

A very nic sapphire with intense violet to nearly red colour. The crystal is sharp terminated and end-pointed, face are partly glossy. Photo 1 and 2 show the specimen with minor backlight, third photo was done under daylight. Good contrast to snowy white marble matrix, very aesthetic assemble.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sapphire

Variety Of: 

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
9.0
Formula: 
Al2O3
Hardness: 
0.0