Sapphire

ID	477
Mineral	Sapphire
Location	Sri Lanka
Fluorescence	LW-UV: check SW-UV: check
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Mindat data

ID	30580
Long ID	1:1:30580:4
IMA Status	0 1
Variety of	3529
Entry type	2
Description	A variety of sapphire that exhibits a star pattern when viewed down the c axis. The chatoyance is due to oriented microscopic inclusions (nanorods) of diaspore (Nadin, 2007). The Star of India is the largest star sapphire in the world (563 carats or...

Price: € 20

Dimensions: Not registered

Weight: Not registered

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Star Sapphire

Symbol	Element
Al	Aluminium
O	Oxygen