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Spinel var. Spinel-law Twins from Mogok District, 115 km NNE of Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma)

 
Spinel var. Spinel-law Twins from Mogok District, 115 km NNE of Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma)

Spinel var. Spinel-law Twins from Mogok District, 115 km NNE of Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma)

DESCRIPTION:No. 36556
Mineral:Spinel var. Spinel-law Twins
Locality:Mogok District, 115 km NNE of Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma)
Description:Transparent vivid red spinel crystals perched on one end of white marble matrix. Four of the spinel crystals are actually pairs of Spinel-law twinned crystals (111 plane). Oddly the fifth crystal is a simple octahedron.
Overall Size:4.5x3x1.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-4.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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