Abstract:Sapphire sand deposit and its primary deposit which ha ve been found by now in Shandong province locate in Changle area. According to i ts origin, sapphire sand strata are divided into sand wash stratum, pluvial stra tum and relict drifted sand stratum, while sapphire concentrated well in drifted sand stratum. Sapphire-primary deposit occurred in basalts of Niushan formation and Yaoshan formation in Cenozoic new Neogene Linqu group, which has a close re lation with high-K alkalic basalts.