Sapphire (excellent quality)

Item Description

This is a really beautiful Sapphire from the discovery in Madagascar from circa 2005. These specimens have exceptional euhedral form, the crystals are amazingly bright and colorful, plus they are all remarkably lustrous for the species. This particular specimen features MANY fine quality, very sharp, rather lustrous, hexagonal, pinkish-purple Sapphire crystals measuring up to 2.8 cm smartly sitting on a dark Mica schist matrix. The Sapphires have formed inside of a solid vein of white Calcite that formed within the schist. These Sapphires don't look like anything I've seen from any other locality before. For both size and quality, this is one of the better examples of Corundum from Madagascar, and this particular specimen has MORE individual Sapphire crystals on it than any other I can remember offering in the auctions. Excellent quality for the species, especially because the crystals are so lustrous and sharp and NOT rounded like many other Corundum specimens from other localities. Plus the fact that the crystals are on matrix, makes it a very impressive specimen, as most Sapphires crystals you'll find are loose and rarely on matrix like this. Additionally the Sapphires from this locality display color-change properties from sun to indoor lighting. In LED light it's more of bluish-purple color and highlights more of the pinkish color in halogen lighting, but turns starkly more blue in sunlight. This piece has great fluorescent properties as well. In my opinion, these are some of the most intriguing and beautiful minerals to come from Madagascar. A great display piece from this isolated discovery, and as far as I know, no more have been found in several years. Priced at $4,500 in the inventory.