I can't see that making much of a difference. Blue corundum is most often known as sapphire, regardless of how gemmy it is.dxu46 wrote: The one on the bottom is supposed to be translucent-transparent, slightly brown. I couldn't find a good picture, sorry.
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Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
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I was look at pictures earlier while making pictures for a test. The variety is supposed to show asterism/chatoyancy caused by inclusions but the picture doesn't exhibit anywhythelongface wrote:I can't see that making much of a difference. Blue corundum is most often known as sapphire, regardless of how gemmy it is.dxu46 wrote: The one on the bottom is supposed to be translucent-transparent, slightly brown. I couldn't find a good picture, sorry.
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