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Sapphire

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Source volume: 53, issue: 1, PDF page: 84. Label: Figure 97. Sapphire crystals to 4 cm from Mogok. William Larson collection (Arkenstone); Mark Mauthner photo.

Specimen on the left, resides in the Tony H Gill collection.

Product details

SpeciesSapphire
Added on10/22/2024
LocalityMyanmar, Mandalay Region, Mogok Valley
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Volume: 53, Issue: 1 page 84

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Tony H GillNot disclosed

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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.