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Corundum var. Sapphire

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A textbook-sharp Sapphire crystal from Burma featuring a single, gem, doubly terminated, aesthetic thumbnail specimen from Bill Larson's Burma collection. This is not the usual single crystal that tapers at each end, which is rare enough, but is dominated by a lustrous, sharp, tapered, lustrous, pyramidal termination, while the other end is is well terminated by a flat termination (pedion face). It is a crazy contrast, between the two terminations, as they are so different! The crystal has a lovely light blue color, sharp, textbook form with triangle-shaped pyramidal faces that are horizontally striated and the entire crystal exhibits an adamantine luster. The Sapphire crystal has sharp faces and edges with only one trivial nick at the tip probably from a minor amount of stream transport. The Sapphire fluoresces purple-red in long wave UV and has a mass of 9.5 grams.

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SizeThumbnail
Dimensions2.1 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Listed on12/02/2024
SKULB-618

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Sapphire
Mineral guide
Learn about Sapphire
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.