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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 61960 |
| Mineral: | Spinel in Marble (Spinel-law Twins) |
| Locality: | Sungate Mine, An Phu, Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam |
| Description: | Many translucent pink-red octahedral spinel crystals exposed on the surface of fine-grained white marble. The spinel crystals on the left half are twinned on the octahedral {111} plane following the Spinel Law of isometric twinning. |
| Overall Size: | 7.5x5x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-14 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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