Spinel

  
  
 
  
  
Spinel on a matrix of milky quartz
Origin: Kaiiado District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya
Sample size: 4.3 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm (top/2nd row), 5.8 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
  
  
 
  
Spinel on marble
Origin: Mogok, Mandalay, Burma
Sample size: 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm (top/2nd/3rd row), 6.8 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Morogoro, Tanzania
Sample size: 1.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
 
  
Origin: Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
Sample size: 3.8 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Spinel on marble
Origin: Pein Pyit (Painpyit), Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma)
Sample size: 7.1 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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