Saturday, February 9, 2013

mineral #4

Hi,
Today is the last day for single minerals.Today we will talk about the satounding sapphire.A sapphire is on the hardness scale at a level of  9.They are mostly every color but red.It's formula is AL2O3.It's streak is white.It's luster is Vitreous.It's melting point is 2030 c.
It was believed that the earth was resting on a sapphire.Out of all the colors of a sapphire blue is the best.The others are consiterd as fancy colors.A sapphire reprasents truth and faithfullness.It is the most scarsed gemstone.It was believed to have healing powers.It i the birth stone of septomber.

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