Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Corundum Var Sapphire

Views:
Watches:
TWH593956

Corundum Var Sapphire

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm
Weight: 
401.00gr
Description

prismatic crystals of sapphires with self-healing but again penetrated by matrix of mica sheets

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
9.0
Streak: 
White

Sapphire

Variety Of: 

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
9.0
Formula: 
Al2O3
Hardness: 
0.0
JohnTu's Attic