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This brilliant cut, synthetic blue sapphire was manufactured by the Verneuil process. Sapphire is aluminum oxide (Al2O3). In nature, this chemical is called corundum. Gem-quality corundum of any color except red is called "sapphire". When red, it is called "ruby". Corundum has a nonmetallic luster, can be any color, has a white streak, and a hardness of 9 on the Mohs Hardness Scale. It forms hexagonal crystals with flat ends and has no cleavage.


See info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire and

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verneuil_process
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