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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: 
5.5 × 4.1 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

Greek Sapphires are extremely rare and have never been seen before in such well-formed crystals. These specimens originate from a single specimen that I acquired from an old collection and that I have clean, trimmed and exposed its crystals, creating collector's grade specimens.

 

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