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Repeated on {010}; uncommon (Handbook of Mineralogy).","Crystals tabular {010}, slightly elongated [001] at times. Usually as disseminated grains or aggregations of grains.",7.5,"3.4","3.5","Vitreous","Transparent","colourless","Light blue, blue-gray, green, greenish gray, rarely yellow-brown or pink",[57,58,59,60,61,62],"blue","green","gray","pink","yellow","colorless",[62],"{100}, {001}, and {010}","Poor\u002FIndistinct","Irregular\u002FUneven,Sub-Conchoidal","Biaxial","-","1.701","1.729","1.703","1.732","1.705","1.734","78","88","51",1.701,1.734,"r \u003C v","Visible","X = pinkish buff, yellowish, light smoky brown, colourless\r\nY =  sky-blue, sapphire-blue, greenish blue\r\nZ = dark sky-blue, dark sapphire-blue","In high-temperature metamorphic rocks or xenoliths with abundant aluminium and magnesium and low silicon. May occur as a primary magmatic mineral in subsilicic rocks.","Several polytypes are known: -2M and -1A are the most common ones. - 3A, -4M and -5A are found as domains ranging from less than 100 Å to several thousand Å thick (Christy and Putnis 1988).\r\n\r\nMay be confused with serendibite.","In allusion to its sapphire-like blue color. First collected by K.L. Giesecke at the \u003Cl id='28121'>old harbour of Fiskenæsset, West Greenland\u003C\u002Fl> on 5 August 1809. He called it \"blauer Diamantspath (saphirin)\".  Later Stromeyer (1819, 1821) gave the first description of Giesecke’s mineral. He later changed the spelling of the name to the current one with a double p: sapphirine.\r\n","2025-08-11 12:14:23",[],[89,95,102,109],{"id":90,"name":91,"entrytype":9,"csystem":92,"ima_formula":93,"mindat_formula":93,"hmin":11,"hmax":11,"dmeas":11,"dcalc":94,"primary_image_id":11},46547,"Addibischoffite","Triclinic","Ca\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>20\u003C\u002Fsub>","3.41",{"id":96,"name":97,"entrytype":9,"csystem":36,"ima_formula":98,"mindat_formula":99,"hmin":100,"hmax":100,"dmeas":11,"dcalc":101,"primary_image_id":11},7136,"Khmaralite","Mg\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>9\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Si\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>Be\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>36\u003C\u002Fsub>]","(Mg,Al,Fe)\u003Csub>16\u003C\u002Fsub>[(Al,Si,Be)\u003Csub>12\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>36\u003C\u002Fsub>]O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>",7,"3.61",{"id":103,"name":104,"entrytype":9,"csystem":92,"ima_formula":105,"mindat_formula":105,"hmin":106,"hmax":107,"dmeas":11,"dcalc":108,"primary_image_id":11},56026,"Louisfuchsite","Ca\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>Ti\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)(Al\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>Si\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>20\u003C\u002Fsub>",5.5,6,"3.44",{"id":110,"name":111,"entrytype":9,"csystem":92,"ima_formula":112,"mindat_formula":112,"hmin":11,"hmax":11,"dmeas":11,"dcalc":11,"primary_image_id":11},46079,"Warkite","Ca\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Sc\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>20\u003C\u002Fsub>",[114,123,131],{"id":115,"name":116,"entrytype":9,"csystem":117,"ima_formula":118,"mindat_formula":119,"hmin":106,"hmax":107,"dmeas":120,"dcalc":121,"primary_image_id":122},1665,"Gedrite","Orthorhombic","◻Mg\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)(Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","◻Mg\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>)(Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>22\u003C\u002Fsub>)(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","3.15","3.25",29747,{"id":124,"name":125,"entrytype":9,"csystem":117,"ima_formula":126,"mindat_formula":127,"hmin":49,"hmax":49,"dmeas":128,"dcalc":129,"primary_image_id":130},1737,"Grandidierite","MgAl\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(BO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)(SiO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)","(Mg,Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>)(Al,Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>)\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>(SiO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)(BO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","2.98","3.00",10338,{"id":132,"name":133,"entrytype":9,"csystem":117,"ima_formula":134,"mindat_formula":135,"hmin":107,"hmax":100,"dmeas":136,"dcalc":137,"primary_image_id":138},2254,"Kornerupine","(Mg,Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>,Al,◻)\u003Csub>10\u003C\u002Fsub>(Si,Al,B)\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>21\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH,F)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","Mg\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>(Si,Al,B)\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>21\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)","3.29","3.288",13557,[],[141],{"id":142,"txt":143,"latitude":144,"longitude":145,"country":146},28121,"Fiskenæsset old harbour, Qeqertarsuatsiaat area, Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland",63.0872222,-50.6780556,"Greenland",124,[149,152,155,158,162,166,171,175,179,183,187,191,196,200,205,209,214,219,223,228,233,237,242,246,251,254,259,264,268,272,276,281,285,289,294,299,304,309,314,319,323,328,333,337,342,346],{"id":150,"year":26,"html":151,"doi":11},16122606,"Stromeyer, F. 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(1969) The crystal structure of sapphirine. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  54 (1-2) 31-49 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM54\u002FAM54_31.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":224,"year":225,"html":226,"doi":227},73877,1973,"Merlino, Stefano (1973) Polymorphism in sapphirine. \u003Ci>Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology\u003C\u002Fi>,  41 (1) 23-29 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf00377649'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf00377649\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf00377649",{"id":229,"year":230,"html":231,"doi":232},74171,1975,"Ackermand, D., Seifert, F., Schreyer, W. (1975) Instability of sapphirine at high pressures. \u003Ci>Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology\u003C\u002Fi>,  50 (2) 79-92 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf00373328'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf00373328\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf00373328",{"id":234,"year":230,"html":235,"doi":236},6848,"Schreyer, Werner, Abraham, Kurt (1975) Peraluminous sapphirine as a metastable reaction product in kyanite—gedrite—talc schist from Sar e Sang, Afghanistan. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine\u003C\u002Fi>,  40 (310) 171-180 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1975.040.310.06'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1975.040.310.06\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_40\u002F40-310-171.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1975.040.310.06",{"id":238,"year":239,"html":240,"doi":241},74764,1979,"Higgins, John B., Ribbe, Paul H., Herd, Richard K. (1979) Sapphirine I: Crystal chemical contributions. \u003Ci>Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology\u003C\u002Fi>,  68 (4). 349-356 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf01164519'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf01164519\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf01164519",{"id":243,"year":239,"html":244,"doi":245},74766,"Higgins, John B., Ribbe, Paul H. (1979) Sapphirine II: A neutron and X-ray diffraction study of (Mg-Al)\u003Csup>VI\u003C\u002Fsup> and (Al-Si)\u003Csup>IV\u003C\u002Fsup> ordering in monoclinic sapphirine. \u003Ci>Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology\u003C\u002Fi>,  68 (4). 357-368 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf01164520'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf01164520\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf01164520",{"id":247,"year":248,"html":249,"doi":250},109593,1980,"Merlino, Stefano (1980) Crystal structure of sapphirine-lTc. \u003Ci>Zeitschrift für Kristallographie\u003C\u002Fi>,  151 (1-2). 91-100 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1524\u002Fzkri.1980.151.1-2.91'>doi:10.1524\u002Fzkri.1980.151.1-2.91\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002Fzk\u002Fvol151\u002FZK151_91.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1524\u002Fzkri.1980.151.1-2.91",{"id":252,"year":248,"html":253,"doi":11},527479,"Grew, Edward S. (1980) Sapphirine + quartz association from Archean rocks in Enderby Land, Antarctica. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  65 (9-10) 821-836 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM65\u002FAM65_821.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":255,"year":256,"html":257,"doi":258},3539,1983,"Grew, Edward S. (1983) A grandidierite-sapphirine association from India. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine\u003C\u002Fi>,  47 (344) 401-403 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1983.047.344.20'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1983.047.344.20\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_47\u002F47-344-401.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1983.047.344.20",{"id":260,"year":261,"html":262,"doi":263},161454,1987,"ACKERMAND, D., HERD, R.K., REINHARDT, M., WINDLEY, B.F. (1987) Sapphirine parageneses from the Caraiba complex, Bahia, Brazil: the influence of Fe2+-Fe3+ distribution on the stability of sapphirine in natural assemblages. \u003Ci>Journal of Metamorphic Geology\u003C\u002Fi>,  5 (3) 323-339 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1111\u002Fj.1525-1314.1987.tb00388.x'>doi:10.1111\u002Fj.1525-1314.1987.tb00388.x\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1111\u002Fj.1525-1314.1987.tb00388.x",{"id":265,"year":261,"html":266,"doi":267},1400,"Warren, R. G., Hensen, B. J. (1987) Peraluminous sapphirine from the Aileron district, Arunta Block, central Australia. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine\u003C\u002Fi>,  51 (361) 409-415 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1987.051.361.07'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1987.051.361.07\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_51\u002F51-361-409.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1987.051.361.07",{"id":269,"year":270,"html":271,"doi":11},528539,1988,"Christy, Andrew G. (1988) A new 2c superstructure in beryllian sapphirine from Casey Bay, Enderby Land, Antarctica. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  73 (9-10) 1134-1137 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM73\u002FAM73_1134.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":273,"year":270,"html":274,"doi":275},151718,"Christy, Andrew G., Putnis, Andrew (1988) Planar and line defects in the sapphirine polytypes. \u003Ci>Physics and Chemistry of Minerals\u003C\u002Fi>,  15 (6) 548-558 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf00311025'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf00311025\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf00311025",{"id":277,"year":278,"html":279,"doi":280},151774,1989,"Christy, Andrew G. (1989) A short-range interaction model for polytypism and planar defect placement in sapphirine. \u003Ci>Physics and Chemistry of Minerals\u003C\u002Fi>,  16 (4). 343-351 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf00199554'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf00199554\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf00199554",{"id":282,"year":278,"html":283,"doi":284},76377,"Christy, Andrew G. (1989) The stability of sapphirine + clinopyroxene: implications for phase relations in the CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 system under deep-crustal and upper mantle conditions. \u003Ci>Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology\u003C\u002Fi>,  102 (4) 422-428 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf00371085'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf00371085\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf00371085",{"id":286,"year":278,"html":287,"doi":288},76403,"Christy, Andrew G. (1989) The effect of composition, temperature and pressure on the stability of the 1Tc and 2M polytypes of sapphirine. \u003Ci>Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology\u003C\u002Fi>,  103 (2) 203-215 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf00378506'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf00378506\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf00378506",{"id":290,"year":291,"html":292,"doi":293},179418,1990,"SENGUPTA, P., DASGUPTA, S., BHATTACHARYA, P. K., FUKUOKA, M., CHAKRABORTI, S., BHOWMICK, S. (1990) Petro-tectonic Imprints in the Sapphirine Granulites from Anantagiri, Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, India. \u003Ci>Journal of Petrology\u003C\u002Fi>,  31 (5) 971-996 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1093\u002Fpetrology\u002F31.5.971'>doi:10.1093\u002Fpetrology\u002F31.5.971\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1093\u002Fpetrology\u002F31.5.971",{"id":295,"year":296,"html":297,"doi":298},126944,1992,"S. Grew, Edward, G. Yates, Martin, M. Romanenko, Igor, G. Christy, Andrew, H. Swihart, George (1992) Calcian, borian sapphirine from the serendibite deposit at Johnsburg, N.Y., USA. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  4 (3) 475-486 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F4\u002F3\u002F0475'>doi:10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F4\u002F3\u002F0475\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F4\u002F3\u002F0475",{"id":300,"year":301,"html":302,"doi":303},179153,1994,"GREW, E. S., PERTSEV, N. N., YATES, M. G., CHRISTY, A. G., MARQUEZ, N., CHERNOSKY, J. V. (1994) Sapphirine+Forsterite and Sapphirine+Humite-Group Minerals in an Ultra-Magnesian Lens from Kuhi-lal, SW Pamirs, Tajikistan: Are these Assemblages Forbidden? \u003Ci>Journal of Petrology\u003C\u002Fi>,  35 (5). 1275-1293 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1093\u002Fpetrology\u002F35.5.1275'>doi:10.1093\u002Fpetrology\u002F35.5.1275\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1093\u002Fpetrology\u002F35.5.1275",{"id":305,"year":306,"html":307,"doi":308},127309,1995,"Harley, Simon L., Christy, Andrew G. (1995) Titanium-bearing sapphirine in a partially melted aluminous granulite xenolith, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica: geological and mineralogical implications. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  7 (3). 637-653 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F7\u002F3\u002F0637'>doi:10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F7\u002F3\u002F0637\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F7\u002F3\u002F0637",{"id":310,"year":311,"html":312,"doi":313},160644,1999,"Möller, C. (1999) Sapphirine in SW Sweden: a record of Sveconorwegian (-Grenvillian) late-orogenic tectonic exhumation. \u003Ci>Journal of Metamorphic Geology\u003C\u002Fi>,  17 (1). 127-141 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1046\u002Fj.1525-1314.1999.00184.x'>doi:10.1046\u002Fj.1525-1314.1999.00184.x\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1046\u002Fj.1525-1314.1999.00184.x",{"id":315,"year":316,"html":317,"doi":318},77868,2000,"Harley, Simon L., Motoyoshi, Y. (2000) Al zoning in orthopyroxene in a sapphirine quartzite: evidence for >1120 °C UHT metamorphism in the Napier Complex, Antarctica, and implications for the entropy of sapphirine. \u003Ci>Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology\u003C\u002Fi>,  138 (4) 293-307 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs004100050564'>doi:10.1007\u002Fs004100050564\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fs004100050564",{"id":320,"year":321,"html":322,"doi":11},16967150,2001,"(2001) Sapphirine. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fsapphirine.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":324,"year":325,"html":326,"doi":327},394644,2002,"Christy, A.G., Tabira, Y., Hölscher, A., Grew, E.S., Schreyer, W. (2002) Synthesis of beryllian sapphirine in the system MgO-BeO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O and comparison with naturally occurring beryllian sapphirine and khmaralite. Part 1: Experiments, TEM, and XRD. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  87 (8) 1104-1112 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fam-2002-8-907'>doi:10.2138\u002Fam-2002-8-907\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002Fam\u002Fvol87\u002FAM87_1104.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fam-2002-8-907",{"id":329,"year":330,"html":331,"doi":332},90098,2004,"KOSHIMOTO, Saori, TSUNOGAE, Toshiaki, SANTOSH, M. (2004) Sapphirine and corundum bearing ultrahigh temperature rocks from the Palghat-Cauvery Shear System, southern India. \u003Ci>Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences\u003C\u002Fi>,  99 (5) 298-310 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2465\u002Fjmps.99.298'>doi:10.2465\u002Fjmps.99.298\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jstage.jst.go.jp\u002Farticle\u002Fjmps\u002F99\u002F5\u002F99_5_298\u002F_pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2465\u002Fjmps.99.298",{"id":334,"year":330,"html":335,"doi":336},394998,"Christy, A.G., Grew, E.S. (2004) Synthesis of beryllian sapphirine in the system MgO-BeO-Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>-SiO\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>-H\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O and comparison with naturally occurring beryllian sapphirine and khmaralite, Part 2: A chemographic study of Be content as a function of \u003Ci>P\u003C\u002Fi>, \u003Ci>T,\u003C\u002Fi> assemblage and FeMg\u003Csub>–1\u003C\u002Fsub> exchange. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  89 (2-3). 327-338 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fam-2004-2-311'>doi:10.2138\u002Fam-2004-2-311\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fam-2004-2-311",{"id":338,"year":339,"html":340,"doi":341},128513,2006,"Das, Suman, Bhattacharya, Abhijit, Raith, Michael M., Bhadra, Subhadip, Banerjee, Manua (2006) Aluminous sapphirine granulites from the Eastern Ghats Belt (India): Phase relations and relevance to counterclockwise P-T history. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  18 (1) 35-48 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2006\u002F0018-0035'>doi:10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2006\u002F0018-0035\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002F0935-1221\u002F2006\u002F0018-0035",{"id":343,"year":339,"html":344,"doi":345},177883,"GREW, EDWARD S., YATES, MARTIN G., SHEARER, CHARLES K., HAGERTY, JUSTIN J., SHERATON, JOHN W., SANDIFORD, MICHAEL (2006) Beryllium and Other Trace Elements in Paragneisses and Anatectic Veins of the Ultrahigh-Temperature Napier Complex, Enderby Land, East Antarctica: the Role of Sapphirine. \u003Ci>Journal of Petrology\u003C\u002Fi>,  47 (5) 859-882 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1093\u002Fpetrology\u002Fegi098'>doi:10.1093\u002Fpetrology\u002Fegi098\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1093\u002Fpetrology\u002Fegi098",{"id":347,"year":339,"html":348,"doi":349},270584,"TSUNOGAE, T, SANTOSH, M (2006) Spinel–sapphirine–quartz bearing composite inclusion within garnet from an ultrahigh-temperature pelitic granulite: Implications for metamorphic history and P–T path. \u003Ci>Lithos\u003C\u002Fi>,  92 (3) 524-536 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.lithos.2006.03.060'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.lithos.2006.03.060\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.lithos.2006.03.060",[351,361,371,379,389,395,400,409,417,425,433,441,449,457,463,471,477,483,489],{"id":352,"source_url":353,"license_code":354,"credit_html":355,"title":356,"description":357,"author":358,"original_width":359,"original_height":360},21566,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151133","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151133\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine-176301.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSapphirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sapphirine\">Sapphirine\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMorafeno\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Morafeno\">Morafeno\u003C\u002Fa>, Tranomaro Commune, Amboasary District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAnosy\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Anosy\">Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region\u003C\u002Fa>, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-108321.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.0 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A sharp, large, doubly terminated, indigo-blue sapphirine crystal set in pegmatite matrix from Morafeno, Madagascar. The moderately lustrous, 2.0 cm crystal is pristine.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",425,453,{"id":362,"source_url":363,"license_code":364,"credit_html":365,"title":366,"description":367,"author":368,"original_width":369,"original_height":370},78073,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5579259","Public domain","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=5579259\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine2 (Madagascar).jpg","\u003Ca href=\"\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSapphirine\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Sapphirine\">Sapphirine\u003C\u002Fa>","Parent Géry",4288,2848,{"id":372,"source_url":373,"license_code":354,"credit_html":374,"title":375,"description":376,"author":358,"original_width":377,"original_height":378},21569,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=74675163","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=74675163\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine-408710.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSapphirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sapphirine\">Sapphirine\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMorafeno\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Morafeno\">Morafeno\u003C\u002Fa> thorianite deposit, Tranomaro Commune, Amboasary District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAnosy\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Anosy\">Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region\u003C\u002Fa>, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-108321.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 1.6 cm x 1.3 cm x 0.8 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Sapphirine is a rare silicate, named for the blue color allusion and shape of sapphire. This pristine, hexagonal, floater crystal is moderately lustrous and has typical blue-gray color. It is also unusually laminated with stepped side faces, which is not uncommon for the region. Highly representative of the species and locale. Ex. Herb Obodda specimen\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",465,452,{"id":380,"source_url":381,"license_code":382,"credit_html":383,"title":384,"description":385,"author":386,"original_width":387,"original_height":388},21570,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=74675330","CC BY 3.0","Kelly Nash, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=74675330\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine-493350.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSapphirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sapphirine\">Sapphirine\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMorafeno\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Morafeno\">Morafeno\u003C\u002Fa> thorianite deposit, Tranomaro Commune, Amboasary District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAnosy\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Anosy\">Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region\u003C\u002Fa>, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-108321.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Dimensions: 14 mm x 12 mm x 11 mm\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>\u003Ci>Original description:\u003C\u002Fi> Dark blue sapphirine crystal with a bit of scapolite near the base, 14 x 12 x 11 mm. K. Nash specimen and photo.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Kelly Nash",1100,1228,{"id":390,"source_url":391,"license_code":354,"credit_html":392,"title":393,"description":394,"author":368,"original_width":369,"original_height":370},78078,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=21910726","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=21910726\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine, mica.JPG","crystals of sapphirine, crystals of mica var. muscovite : Beraketa, Bekily Department, Southwestern region, Tuléar Province (Toliara), Madagascar",{"id":396,"source_url":397,"license_code":354,"credit_html":398,"title":399,"description":394,"author":368,"original_width":369,"original_height":370},78079,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=21910727","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=21910727\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine, mica 1.JPG",{"id":401,"source_url":402,"license_code":354,"credit_html":403,"title":404,"description":405,"author":406,"original_width":407,"original_height":408},13560,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=74675531","Leon Hupperichs, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=74675531\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine-464198.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSapphirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sapphirine\">Sapphirine\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Fiskenæsset (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat), Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Blue crude crystals and crystalline masses of sapphirine associated with some minor greenish kornerupine and brown phlogopite. Field of view 4 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Leon Hupperichs",875,773,{"id":410,"source_url":411,"license_code":354,"credit_html":412,"title":413,"description":414,"author":406,"original_width":415,"original_height":416},13561,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=74675545","Leon Hupperichs, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=74675545\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine-464200.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSapphirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sapphirine\">Sapphirine\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Fiskenæsset (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat), Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Blue crude crystals and crystalline masses of sapphirine associated with some minor greenish kornerupine and brown phlogopite. Specimen size 5.5 x 4.5 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",916,794,{"id":418,"source_url":419,"license_code":354,"credit_html":420,"title":421,"description":422,"author":358,"original_width":423,"original_height":424},82728,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=74675792","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=74675792\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine-744804.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSapphirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sapphirine\">Sapphirine\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Size: 3.0 cm x 2.3 cm x 2.3 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMorafeno\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Morafeno\">Morafeno\u003C\u002Fa> thorianite deposit, Tranomaro Commune, Amboasary District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAnosy\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Anosy\">Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region\u003C\u002Fa>, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-108321.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A sharp, large, indigo-blue sapphirine crystal from Ft. Dauphin, Madagascasr. The moderately lustrous, two-sided crystal is nearly pristine. The embedded matrix is a nice accent. Sapphirine is a rare silicate, named for the blue color allusion and shape of sapphire. Highly representative of the species and locale. Ex. Dick Jones Collection and dating from the 1960s or 70s.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",1500,1125,{"id":426,"source_url":427,"license_code":382,"credit_html":428,"title":429,"description":7,"author":430,"original_width":431,"original_height":432},21565,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=3306810","Ra'ike (see also: de:Benutzer:Ra'ike), via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=3306810\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine.jpg","Ra'ike (see also: de:Benutzer:Ra'ike)",1266,861,{"id":434,"source_url":435,"license_code":354,"credit_html":436,"title":437,"description":438,"author":358,"original_width":439,"original_height":440},21567,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10159626","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10159626\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine-203257.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSapphirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sapphirine\">Sapphirine\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAnosy\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Anosy\">Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region\u003C\u002Fa>, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-5856.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.1 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A sharp, large, indigo-blue sapphirine crystal from Ft. Dauphin, Madagascasr. The moderately lustrous, two-sided crystal is nearly pristine. The embedded matrix is a nice accent. Sapphirine is a rare silicate, named for the blue color allusion and shape of sapphire. Highly representative of the species and locale. Ex. Dick Jones Collection and dating from the 1960s or 70s.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",414,475,{"id":442,"source_url":443,"license_code":354,"credit_html":444,"title":445,"description":446,"author":358,"original_width":447,"original_height":448},21568,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453271","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453271\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Phlogopite-Sapphirine-Scapolite-mrz149b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPhlogopite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Phlogopite\">Phlogopite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSapphirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sapphirine\">Sapphirine\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FScapolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Scapolite\">Scapolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAndroy\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Androy\">Androy Region\u003C\u002Fa>, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-157727.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 5.1 x 3.4 x 3 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Sapphirine with Phlogopite and Scapolite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Sapphirine is rarely found in such sharp, nicely formed crystals as from these recent discoveries in Madagascar. This is an exceptional piece that was valued at $1200 to me, in the collection. The major crystal is 2.5 cm long and doubly-terminated. It is sharp and waxy in lustre. Smaller crystals are all over the backside. Overall, its not so ugly as you normally would get for the species...in fact, its ALMOST pretty! And I am sure it is a very fine one, but I lowered the price a bit anyhow.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",400,330,{"id":450,"source_url":451,"license_code":354,"credit_html":452,"title":453,"description":454,"author":358,"original_width":455,"original_height":456},78074,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152650","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152650\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine-Phlogopite-Scapolite-180012.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSapphirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sapphirine\">Sapphirine\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPhlogopite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Phlogopite\">Phlogopite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FScapolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Scapolite\">Scapolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAndroy\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Androy\">Androy Region\u003C\u002Fa>, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-157727.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.1 x 3.4 x 3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Sapphirine is rarely found in such sharp, nicely formed crystals as from these recent discoveries in Madagascar. The major crystal is 2.5 cm long and doubly-terminated. It is sharp and waxy in lustre. Smaller crystals are all over the backside. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",556,600,{"id":458,"source_url":459,"license_code":354,"credit_html":460,"title":461,"description":462,"author":358,"original_width":456,"original_height":378},21572,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152657","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152657\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine-Phlogopite-180018.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSapphirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sapphirine\">Sapphirine\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPhlogopite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Phlogopite\">Phlogopite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAnosy\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Anosy\">Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region\u003C\u002Fa>, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-5856.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.8 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Matrix crystals to 1.5 cm on a nice-sized matrix of this rare Madagascar mineral. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":464,"source_url":465,"license_code":354,"credit_html":466,"title":467,"description":468,"author":358,"original_width":469,"original_height":470},21573,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171531","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171531\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine-Phlogopite-275022.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSapphirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sapphirine\">Sapphirine\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPhlogopite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Phlogopite\">Phlogopite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAndroy\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Androy\">Androy Region\u003C\u002Fa>, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-157727.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 7.4 x 5.9 x 3.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Sapphirine is a rare silicate, named for the blue color allusion and shape of sapphire. Sharp, moderately lustrous, indigo-blue sapphirine crystals to 1.2 cm are richly scattered on both sides of the quartz-rich pegmatite matrix and are nicely accented with pearlescent, honey-brown phlogopite books. This is a highly representative, larger and extremely rich example of the rare species in combination and locale.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",492,639,{"id":472,"source_url":473,"license_code":354,"credit_html":474,"title":475,"description":446,"author":358,"original_width":476,"original_height":447},78075,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453272","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453272\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Phlogopite-Sapphirine-Scapolite-mrz149c.jpg",317,{"id":478,"source_url":479,"license_code":354,"credit_html":480,"title":481,"description":482,"author":358,"original_width":456,"original_height":378},78076,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453336","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453336\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Phlogopite-Sapphirine-mrz192a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPhlogopite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Phlogopite\">Phlogopite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSapphirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sapphirine\">Sapphirine\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAnosy\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Anosy\">Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region\u003C\u002Fa>, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-5856.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 4.8 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Sapphirine with Phlogopite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Matrix crystals to 1.5 cm on a nice-sized matrix of this rare Madagascar mineral.This locality produces what are often considered the best of the species. The matrix is a bit friable, so this has been lightly stabilized with a few drops of glue\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":484,"source_url":485,"license_code":354,"credit_html":486,"title":487,"description":482,"author":358,"original_width":447,"original_height":488},21574,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453337","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453337\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Phlogopite-Sapphirine-mrz192b.jpg",378,{"id":490,"source_url":491,"license_code":354,"credit_html":492,"title":493,"description":494,"author":368,"original_width":495,"original_height":496},78077,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15025422","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15025422\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sapphirine, muscovite.jpg","crystals of sapphirine, crystals of mica var. muscovite : Betroka District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Tuléar Province (Toliara), Madagascar",3568,2464,[498,505,510,516],{"id":499,"url":500,"label":501,"formula":502,"spacegroup":503,"year":504},12424,"\u002Fcif\u002F12424.cif","Barbier 1998","Mg2.218 Ga3.557 Ge1.225 O10","P -1",1998,{"id":506,"url":507,"label":508,"formula":509,"spacegroup":503,"year":248},12425,"\u002Fcif\u002F12425.cif","Merlino 1980","Al8.05 Fe1.05 Mg3.15 Si1.75 O20",{"id":511,"url":512,"label":513,"formula":514,"spacegroup":515,"year":239},12426,"\u002Fcif\u002F12426.cif","Higgins 1979","Mg2.39 Al5.655 Si1.455 O10","P 1 21\u002Fa 1",{"id":517,"url":518,"label":519,"formula":520,"spacegroup":515,"year":221},12428,"\u002Fcif\u002F12428.cif","Moore 1969","Al9 Mg3.5 Si1.5 O20",[522,523],"Blauer Diamantspath","Saphirin",[525,529,533,537,543,546,550,555,559,564,568,572,576,579,583,587],{"lang":526,"names":527},"ca",[528],"safirina",{"lang":530,"names":531},"de",[523,532],"Sapphirin",{"lang":534,"names":535},"eo",[536],"safirino",{"lang":538,"names":539},"es",[540,541,542],"Safirina","Sapphirina","Zafirina",{"lang":544,"names":545},"eu",[7],{"lang":547,"names":548},"fa",[549],"سافیرین",{"lang":551,"names":552},"fr",[553,554],"Saphirine","sapphirine",{"lang":556,"names":557},"it",[558,7],"Saffirina",{"lang":560,"names":561},"ja",[562,563],"サフィリン","疑サファイア石",{"lang":565,"names":566},"mk",[567],"Сафирин",{"lang":569,"names":570},"nb",[571],"safirin",{"lang":573,"names":574},"nl",[575],"saffirien",{"lang":577,"names":578},"nn",[571],{"lang":580,"names":581},"ru",[582],"Сапфирин",{"lang":584,"names":585},"uk",[586],"Сапфірин",{"lang":588,"names":589},"zh",[590],"假蓝宝石","Q419794",{"history":11,"applications":11}]