What is it about?
Recent research on the nature of sapphire shows a more complex geochemistry in relationships to genetic formation in world wide deposits and occurrences than hitherto considered.
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Why is it important?
Sapphire is a gemstone and industrial material at the crossroads of gemmological , petrological and chemical studies
Perspectives
Sapphire continues to be a research mineral of interest.
Frederick Sutherland
Australian Museum
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This page is a summary of: Sapphire, a not so simple gemstone, American Mineralogist, July 2017, Mineralogical Society of America,
DOI: 10.2138/am-2017-6105.
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