Spinel

  
  
Spinel (Macle twin left and octahedral crystal right) and clinohumite on calcite
  
 
   
Spinel with clinohumite
Origin: Pian Pit, Mogok, Burma
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 3 cm (top/2nd row), 3 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm (3rd row), 3.2 x 2 x 2 cm (4th/5th row), crystals to 6 mm in size (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Aldan, Yakutia, Russia
Sample size: 8 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm
 
  
Spinel and diopside
Origin: Sludyanka, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Sample size: 7 x 6 x 5 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Yen Bai Province, Luc Yen District, Vietnam
Sample size: 5 x 4.5 x 4 cm
 
  
  
Spinel on marble
Origin: Luc Yen,Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
Sample size: 9.1 x 5.6 x 2.0 cm
 
  
  
Spinel on marble
Origin: Mogok, Mandalay, Burma
Sample size: 9.0 x 7.5 x 5.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

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