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By Andrew Alden, About.com Guide to Geology since 1997

Corundum

Monday November 17, 2003
New in the Mineral Gallery is a page on corundum, the hardest of all minerals that aren't diamond. You may know it better as sapphire or ruby. You may also know it as the grit on your sandpaper.

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