How strong do you think sapphire is?

[ShiroTenshi]

I saw this on repgeek and its pretty interesting!
http://tinypic.com/r/30siy4o/7

On courtesy from SMIDSY

 

[krakar]

Wow that is stunning, but would have liked to see how much damage the sapphire had recieved from the beating!

 

[Duke1973]

The last lick with the hammer must of got it! You can beat the crap out of a sapphire with dead flat hits like that but if you drop it on a tile floor or hit the edge of it POW! It's busted, trust me, I've managed to shatter or crack 2 different sapphire crystals accidentally! One fell on the ceramic tile floor of my kitchen and shattered an the other one I barley nicked the corner of my granite bathroom sink and it cracked across the middle of the crystal! The first watch that I dropped was a deep blue T100 w/sapphire (busted) and the other was my GEN Omega PO, it cost me $700+ to have that one replaced by Nesbitts in Seattle!

 

[trailboss99]

In reality guys mineral is stronger than sapphire.
Sapphire is harder which means it's more resistant to scratching but more likely to shatter. Try hitting a diamond with a hammer, it will go to dust.

 

[Spboudart]

I thought sapphire was more scratch resistant than mineral glass but less stronger, and shattered.

Edit: I was posting while you posted Col, thanks for validating this for me.

 

[bama1965]

Now that's how you press in a crystal

Ken

 

[ShiroTenshi]

I once drop my mineral crystal watch on the ceramic tile floor and it crack, cant feel the cracks from the outside and doesnt seems to be shattering anytime soon. I worn it for quite some time before gotten it changed.
As for sapphire, no experience on spoiling one, and i hope i wont get that experience