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Sapphire

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Description
Locality: 
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay, Myanmar (former Burma)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

5 blue sapphire crystals of net hexagonal silhouette, some with prismatic development, with clear rounded edge due to fluvial erosion. Three crystals have a very intense blue colour and the other couple are blueish-green.

The size ranges from 7 to 9 mm. Ex Roger Gnat collection.

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

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