corundum

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The Bronco mane and eyeball were created from orange sapphires while the head features pave-set diamonds and custom-cut corundum blue stone.

From Washington Times • Jun. 12, 2016

For example apatite is about three times harder than fluorite and diamond is three times harder than corundum.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

This crystalline aluminum mineral is called corundum, and people have been wearing it with pride for thousands of years.

From Scientific American • Apr. 14, 2012

Rubies and sapphires, which are both made of the same mineral, corundum, are “quite durable,” according to John Watkins, an independent goldsmith in Lake Nacimiento, California.

From BusinessWeek • May 31, 2011

According to the colour of the corundum the stone is known as sapphire cat’s-eye, ruby cat’s-eye, topaz cat’s-eye, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various