Sapphire - Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
Hello,I saw this specimen and to my eye it does not look like a sapphire at all. I think this is a group of spinel crystals.It is composed of a stack of spinel twins with an attached octahedron....
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hello Peter,I be in tanzania from several years and I collected some of specimens like you described, my idea is that came from Morogoro area o more from Mahenge (were I been in different time). That...
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Hi Fabio,Thanks for your response. This specimen is not in my collection. I saw it on Mindat in the gallery of Winza specimens. Since i have visited the Winza mines i know the geologic setting and its...
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Faber,Do you live in Tanzania? What is your background? Do you deal in gems from the area?Rock
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It's not the usual look for Corundum but it's not unique eitherwww.groupes.polymtl.ca/glq1100/mineraux/corindon/corindon4.jpghttp://www.groupes.polymtl.ca/glq1100/mineraux/corindon/corindon.html
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Rock, I'm not live in Tanzania but are several years that I be there.I love this country and I visit many different places untill many very remote localityes.I have some gemmy specimens but I focus my...
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Thats a really interesting specimen. Its too bad that specimens like this one are so rare.
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Wow! That's a very beautiful specimen you have! Very high quality, and just so nice to my eyes! Very good!
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I have a similar habit of corundum said to have been from craigmont mine in ontario. I purchased it on ebay.Olivier Langelier Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> It's not...
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Thanks you to share!
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