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Corundum var. Sapphire with Mullite and Spinel from Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland (Type Locality for Mullite)

 
Corundum var. Sapphire with Mullite and Spinel from Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland (Type Locality for Mullite)

Corundum var. Sapphire with Mullite and Spinel from Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland (Type Locality for Mullite)

Corundum var. Sapphire with Mullite and Spinel from Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland (Type Locality for Mullite)

Corundum var. Sapphire with Mullite and Spinel from Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland (Type Locality for Mullite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 63885
Mineral:Corundum var. Sapphire with Mullite and Spinel
Locality:Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland (Type Locality for Mullite)
Description:Many lustrous transparent blue sapphire crystals, the gem variety of the mineral corundum, to 3.5 mm with octahedral bluish-black spinel crystals to 1 mm plus gray mullite microcrystal impurities in the matrix. Collected in September 2012
Overall Size:5x3x2 cm
Crystals:0.2-3.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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