Sapphire

Item Description

Everybody is familiar with Sapphires, but it's not easy to find good matrix specimens of any Corundum variety from any locality around the world. This piece is a very nice matrix Sapphire specimen which was mined in Ganesh, Pakistan in 2012. This locality is one of the oldest and more renowned Sapphire/Ruby localities in the world. It has literally produced these specimens for many decades in the modern era of mineral collecting. This miniature specimen features a few crystals of purple Sapphire with sharp, lustrous, well formed hexagonal faces aesthetically sitting atop Calcite / marble matrix. The crystals measure up to 8 mm. They are translucent and show a beautiful color when backlit. I haven't seen many specimens of this material on the market in recently, and we bought a small lot that we are happy to offer here in the auctions. I've seen a few Pakistani dealers with this material, and they are commanding very high prices on the market today, as are all fine matrix Sapphires specimens from all world localities.