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Sapphire

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Sapphire

Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Sioule River Alluvials, La Miouze, Gelles, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

Superb gemmy crystal of corundum of the sapphire variety that is terminated all around, with minor erosions due to fluvial transport, with net short prismatic hexagonal development and attractive stepped terminal faces. Unknown inclusions are visible if backlighted.

Ex Pierre Laurent specimen.

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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