Spinel

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

  

Blue spinel with twin on the left side

  

Spinel twin

  

 

  

 

  

Two spinel law twins forming off of one crystal !

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

Blue spinel on white marble

Origin: Aliabad, Hunza Valley, Pakistan

Sample size: 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm (top), 4.5 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm (2nd row), 6.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm (3rd row), 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm (4th row), 1.7 x 1 x 1 cm (5th row), 4.5 x 3 x 1.8 cm (6th row), 4.3 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm (7th row), 6.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm (8th row), 5.3 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm (9th/bottom row)

 

  

  

Origin: Minh Tien Village, Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam

Ex. Giorgio Spiga collection

Sample size: 3.2 x 3 x 1.2 cm

 

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