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Sapphire

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Description
Locality: 
Naxos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm
Description

Sapphire specimens with such well-formed crystals have never been seen before, period. This is an extremely rare example from the island of Naxos in the Aegean sea. It represents the best sapphires we have ever seen from Greece (with other sapphires being just masses without crystal form) and I had the luck to be the only one who has them. This piece hosts a few nice crystals on the matrix. I have to note that microabrasion has been used to remove some matrix and expose the crystals. The piece is a must for any Greece or Corundum collector.

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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