Sapphirine

  
Origin: Hrongay, Pranarantsoa Province, Madagascar
Sample size: 16 x 15 x 8 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Sapphirine with phlogopite and scapolite
Origin: Androy, Malagasy Republic
Ex. Martin Zinn collection
Sample size: 5.1 x 3.4 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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