Corundum (Var: Sapphire)
Pressley Sapphire Mine, Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
This is the biggest and finest sapphire crystal that we've ever had from this locality. The piece is not only large and robust, but it's also euhedral and well-formed, so it's not a "chunk" of sapphire, but rather an attractive crystallized specimen. The piece has good hexagonal crystal form with fairly sharp faces, and a medium grey-blue color on ...
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