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Sapphire

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Description
Locality: 
McCall, Valley County, Idaho, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.70cm
Description

A large corundum from an obscure American locality near McCall, Idaho. This doubly-terminated sapphire crystal is nice and euhedral all around and sports nice triangular "record keepers" on the terminations. Both terminations show a contact point, but no damage otherwise. Blake Barnett Photography

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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