Sapphirine
Sapphirine
Sapphirine

Sapphirine

€460,00

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SKU: A956
Nawatara, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascar
An excellent specimen with two complete, very beautiful sapphirines lying side by side.
8.6 x 5.6 x 5.1 cm
321.0 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.