| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Myanmar (Burma) > Spinel |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 36555 |
| Mineral: | Spinel |
| Locality: | Mogok District, 115 km NNE of Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma) |
| Description: | Triangular crystal of translucent red spinel in contrasting white marble matrix. Note this crystal is not Spinel-law twinned, it is simply distorted on one axis resulting in a flattened form (see step 4 in the diagram). |
| Overall Size: | 32x30x28 mm |
| Crystals: | 6 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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