Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Nepheline-free, corundum-bearing syenite pegmatites. The corundum is largely tabular in shape, non-uniform in colour, grading from dark blue to blue, violet and pink-gray.

Ref: E.Ya. Kievlenko (2003) Geology of gems, p. 49

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