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corundum

[kuh-ruhn-duhm] / kəˈrʌn dəm /


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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

Some of these minerals may very well be our very own corundum, with its trace elements.

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

As found native it is called corundum, when crystallized ruby or sapphire, when amorphous emery.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various


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