Аннотация: A spatial distribution of particles emitted from the face (0001) of a sapphire single crystal with a trigonal lattice (α-Al2O3) has been studied for the first time. We have obtained anisotropic patterns of the predominant exit of sputtered particles (the patterns of spots) in some crystallographic directions. The sputtered particles have been observed to exit mainly along the sides of an irregular hexagon with the spots at its vertices. The densest spots are located on a continuous strip under the polar angles θ ~ 60 and 45о (to the normal to the surface) and the pale spots of the deposit are observed at the angles of 0, 27, 75 and 90о. The spots under all these angles appear as a result of either focused collisions (direct and assisted focusing) or channeling. The analysis of a composition of sputtered substance showed that the picture of spots consists of Al2O3 with a certain additional amount of Al in the densest spots.