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
In its pure form, corundum is pretty much clear.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 14, 2012
On the Mohs scale, which measures minerals’ hardness from 1 to 10, corundum ranks at 9.
From BusinessWeek ● May 31, 2011
Under the microscope, it is seen to be a mechanical aggregate of corundum, usually in grains or minute crystals of a bluish colour, with magnetite, which also is granular and crystalline.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
