Sadeghi et al. indicate in the Abstract that "[t]he Khakoo deposit is located in south and southeast of Hamedan city, near the Khakoo village, in western Iran. In this area, blue corundum formed inside the pegmatite veins and granite body."

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References

Sadeghi, H, Mahmoudi, Sh, Reza Jafari, MR, Arian, MA (2022) Geochemistry and gemology characteristics of corundum in the Khakoo pegmatites in the southeast of Alvand batholith (west Iran). Iranian Journal of Crystallography and Mineralogy, 30 (3). 459-474 doi:10.52547/ijcm.30.3.459

Sadeghi, Hadis, Mahmoudi, Shahryar, Jafari, Mohammad Reza, Arian, Mohammad Ali (2022) Petrogenesis of the Khaku pegmatites corundum-bearing in the margin of Alvand granite complex, and its comparison with important worldwide ruby and sapphire deposits. Journal of Economic Geology, 14 (3). 123-154

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Khakoo deposit Deposit
Tuyserkan County County
Hamadan Province Province
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