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Weird yellow Sapphire (14.43 carats)
- Passara Gem Mine, Badulla, Uva Prov., Sri Lanka
- Thumbnail, 1.4 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
- Start Time: 05/15/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/22/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A bizarre yellow sapphire with a weloganite-shaped body, illustrating either twinning of some kind or just a weird "pinch" about the middle of a single crystal. The ends are terminated with a simple hexagon, and the piece is thus a floater. The glassy crystal has nifty skeletal features on the sides. It is VERY sharp, showing none of the rounding normally associated with many Sri Lankan crystals found in the alluvial gem gravels. Mass is 14.43 carats.