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Corundum var. Sapphire

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A small, but intensely colored gem Sapphire with intense blue color and some gem value on its own merit. It is slightly flattened and waterworn from natural movement, but still retains something of a flat crystal shape with subtle horizontal striations. This beautiful blue crystal has a mass of 1.1 grams but presents as a larger surface area because it is flat, and thus also, incidentally, unusually gemmy and transparent!

Product details

SpeciesSapphire, Corundum
SizeThumbnail
Dimensions1.2 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm
Added on12/02/2024
LocalityMyanmar, Mandalay Region, Mogok Valley

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

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Sapphire
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blue to fancy-colored corundum with hexagonal prisms and rare matrix specimens; prized for color saturation, historic localities, and crystal form.
Sapphire
Regional guide
Sapphire from Mogok Valley, Myanmar
from Mogok Valley, Myanmar - renowned for velvety royal blue corundum, old Burmese provenance, and a metamorphic-geology heritage prized by collectors.