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Sapphire (two colors)
- Ganesh, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
- Toenail, 3.3 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
- Start Time: 11/19/2015 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 11/28/2015 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
For the most part, good matrix specimens of Corundum are not easy to find from any world locality. Here we have an excellent 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. There are two Sapphires on this specimen and they are good quality, sharp, well formed, translucent crystals - one exhibiting a reddish-pink color and the other has a blue-purple color - aesthetically sitting atop Calcite matrix. I haven't seen many specimens of this material on the market in recent years, so I was very happy to have this piece to offer. 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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