Spinel

 

Origin: Monte Somma (Vesuvius), Campania, Italy

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: New Idria district, San Benito co., California, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Mogok, Mynamar

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Photo-Atlas of Minerals

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Origin: Pein Pyit, Mogok, Burma

Sample size: 1.5 x 1.1 x 1 cm

 

  

Origin: Aliabad, Hunza Valley, Pakistan

Sample size: 2.75 x 2 x 1.7 cm

 

  

 

  

  

Origin: Mogok, Mandalay, Burma

Sample size: 0.9 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm (top), 1.7 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm (2nd/bottom row)

 

  

Spinel twin (macle)

Origin: Yen Bai Province, Luc Yen District, Vietnam

Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm

 

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The Arkenstone

 

  

White-yellow marble containing transparent 1 mm sized rosa-red spinel crystals

Origin: White Cuttings, Sludyanka, Lake Baikal Region, Western Siberia, Russia

Sample size: 5 x 7 cm

 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services
 

  

Origin: Mogok, Burma

Sample size: 3 x 5 x 4 mm

 

  

Dark blue octahedral crystal of spinel measuring 7 mm across frozen nicely in a white marble matrix.

Origin: Aliabad, Hunza Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 17 x 9 x 35 mm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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