Spinel

  
Spinel with chondrodite on marble
  
Origin: Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
Sample size: 7.1 x 6.3 x 4.9 cm (top/2nd row), 7.9 x 4.9 x 3.4 cm (bottom)
 
  
 
  
Spinel on quartz
  
Origin: Mogok, Mandalay, Myanmar (formerly Burma)
Sample size: 4.2 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm (top), 4 x 3.3 x 1.6 cm (2nd row), 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm (largest) (bottom)
 
  
Macle-twinned spinel
Origin: Pein Pyit, Mogok, Burma
Sample size: 2.7 x 2.5 x 1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
  
Origin: Mogok, Burma
Ex. Pala International
Sample size: 1.4 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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