Spinel

  
  
 
  
Spinel on marble
Origin: Mogok, Mandalay, Burma
Sample size: 5.5 x 5.3 x 2.9 cm (top/2nd/3rd row), 8.0 x 7.7 x 3.3 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Kaiiado District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya
Sample size: 4.7 x 3.6 x 2 cm
 
  
Origin: near Helena, Montana, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.6 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.
Ex. M. Dodge collection
Sample size: 2.4 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Ruby coloured spinel twin
Origin: Pein Pyit, Mogok, Myanmar, Asia
Sample size: 6.7 x 5 x 4.1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Origin: Big Maria Mountains, Riverside Co., California, U.S.A.
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 7.3 x 4 x 4 cm
 
  
Spinel on calcite
Origin: Limecrest, Sussex Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 7.3 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
 
  
Spinel with colourless grossular
Origin: near Helena, Jefferson Co., Montana, U.S.A.
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 6.2 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
 
  
Origin: Mogok, Burma
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size: 25 x 25 x 25 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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