Blue magmatic-related sapphire from Issoire, Puy-de-D么me, France, unheated.
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Unheated blue magmatic-related sapphire from Puy-de-D么me, France

Blue magmatic-related sapphire from Issoire, Puy-de-D么me, France, unheated. One can observe many flat cavities containing a natural vitreous substance, with gas bubbles. It is normal to find natural vitreous substances in corundum of magmatic-related origin, particularly in rubies from the Thai/Cambodian border region.

馃敩 Micrograph: F. Notari.

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