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Sapphire & Phlogopite

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Sapphire & Phlogopite

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Description
Locality: 
Morafeno, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 8.3 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Weight: 
310.00gr
Description

Aesthetic specimen from Madagascar with several sapphire crystals of a beautiful blue color in association with a myriad of phlogopite crystals singles or reunited in packeges of excellent brightness. Crystals are present in all sides of the piece and the biggest one measures 1.2 X 1 Cm.

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

Phlogopite

Formula: 
KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White

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