Sapphirine "Snail"
Sapphirine "Snail"
Sapphirine "Snail"

Sapphirine "Snail"

€56,00
SKU: A912
Nawatara, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascar
A small, almost complete sapphirine crystal on matrix. The tiny specimen resembles a snail with its shell...
3.1 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm
12.2 g

Sapphirine is a magnesium-aluminium silicate and is therefore not related to sapphire/corundum. The name was chosen in 1790 by the discoverer of the mineral because of its blue color and hexagonal crystals. Sapphirine is quite hard, brittle (Mohs=7.5) and has a monoclinic crystal structure. In addition to blue tones, greenish or gray/black color nuances also occur.