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<p>discovered in China.</p>

<p><big>Synthetic corundum</big></p>
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* In 1837, <a href="page.php?w=Marc_Antoine_Auguste_Gaudin">Marc Antoine Gaudin</a> made the first <a href="page.php?w=Ruby">synthetic rubies</a> by reacting <a href="page.php?w=alumina">alumina</a> at a high temperature with a small amount of <a href="page.php?w=chromium">chromium</a> as a <a href="page.php?w=colourant">colourant</a>.<br/>
* In 1847, <a href="page.php?w=Jacques-Joseph_Ebelmen">J.&nbsp;J. Ebelmen</a> made white <a href="page.php?w=Sapphire">synthetic sapphires</a> by reacting</p><p>
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