Sapphire — specimen 0148, photo © NMNHS

Sapphire — specimen 0148

Origin

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Data

Weight: 0.18 ct; size: 4.99 | 2.54 | 1.97 mm; shape: marquise; colour: colourless; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: heating.

Notes

Very clean specimen; good mixed style cut. Source: David Weinberg, Multicolour Gems Ltd.

Other specimens

More information from ‘Classification’

Sapphire

Most commonly refers to a blue gem variety of corundum, but other coloured varieties of corundum are also described as sapphire, except the natural red.