Pressley Sapphire Mine, Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA

Ruby var. of Corundum encased in Sillimanite and other minerals. Really nice distinct crystal. 4.2 cm tall.

© J.Wingard

Minor muscovite matrix attached

7 mm pale blue corundum crystal in muscovite.

© Ru Smith

A nice blue sapphire crystal with minor muscovite mica - 20 x 15 x 25mm Photo - Trevor Boyd/ Causeway Minerals

© Trevor Boyd/ Causeway Minerals

This is the biggest and finest sapphire crystal that we've ever had from this locality. The piece is not only large and robust, but it's also euhedral and well-formed, so it's not a "chunk" of sapphire, but rather an attractive crystallized specimen. The piece has good hexagonal crystal form with fairly sharp faces, and a medium grey-blue color on ...

© Rob Lavinsky & MineralAuctions.com

Zircon (brown) with ilmenite on feldspar matrix. Zircon fluoresces orange under shortwave UV light. Self collected in 2017, picture taken with Olympus microscope.