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Sapphire from
Sutara placers, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Placer
Classification
Species:Corundum var: Sapphire
Formula:Al2O3
Comments:Some of the gray samples showed silky patches and six-rayed trapiche-like patterns with oriented micro­inclusions, particularly rutile needles
Habit: euhedral bipyramidal crystals or broken pieces, some weighing more than 65 ct.
Colour:blue, gray, bicolored pink and blue, violetish blue, yellowish, and purplish pink, varying in tone from very light to dark
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sapphire data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sutara placers, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1490944
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1490944:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Buravleva, S. Y., Smirnov, S. Z., Pakhomova, V. A., & Fedoseev, D. G. (2016). Sapphires from the Sutara placer in the Russian Far East. Gems and Gemology, 52(3), 252-264.
 
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