Sapphire Soaprock

Information about the Sapphire Soaprock:

Handmade in the U.S.A. and each soaprock is a unique work of art.

Size: Full Bath Size - about 5" x 4" x 2.5"
Approximate Weight: 6oz.
Fragrance: Starry Night


Some facts about Sapphire:

Pure corundum is a clear mineral. Various impurities give it brown, yellow, red, blue and violet colors. In gem-quality stones, all of these except for red are called sapphire. Red corundum is called ruby.

Sapphire is the name given to any color but red but mostly blue corundum. Sapphire differs from ruby most essentially in color. The form of a crystal of sapphire agrees completely in its general symmetry with that of a crystal of ruby; the two crystals differ somewhat in habit however. The prism and rhombohedron, usually well developed in the ruby, are subordinate in the sapphire. While the ruby is usually colored uniformly throughout its substance, the distribution of color in the sapphire is often very irregular. A single stone may show an alternation of colorless, pale yellowish, and blue portions. Notice the Sapphire Soaprock usually exhibits this coloration.

Corundum occurs in rocks that are low in silica, schists altered by alumina-bearing fluids, and altered limestones. It's also found in pegmatites. A fine-grained natural mixture of corundum and magnetite is called emery, which was once a widely used mineral for abrasives.