Sapphire

Ganesh, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Small Cabinet, 7.1 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Start Time: 05/07/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/14/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

For the most part, good matrix specimens of Corundum are not easy to find from any world locality. Here we have a nice matrix Sapphire specimen that came out of Pakistan around 2012. The locality at Ganesh is one of the oldest and more renown Sapphire/Ruby localities in the world, and has long produced some amazing specimens. The Sapphire crystals on this specimen are fairly good quality, lustrous, translucent crystals exhibiting a bluish-purple to pink color sitting atop Calcite and Pyrite matrix. The largest crystal measures 1.7 cm across. These specimens are not coming out nearly as frequently as they have in the past, and they are definitely commanding very high prices on the market today, as are all fine matrix Sapphires specimens from all world localities.

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