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Sapphire — specimen 0505, photo © NMNHS
Sapphire — specimen 0505, photo © NMNHS

Sapphirespecimen 0505

Origin

South Asia
Sri Lanka
Sapphire — specimen 0505, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.11 ct; size: 2.94 | 2.93 | 1.73 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium light very slightly greenish blue; very slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: heating.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Eight’ by Glenn & Martha Vargas, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Sapphire — specimen 0263Sapphire — specimen 0326Sapphire — specimen 0640Sapphire — specimen 0668Sapphire — specimen 0646Sapphire — specimen 0223Sapphire — specimen 0364Sapphire — specimen 0148

More information from ‘Classification’


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.