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Spinel with Mullite from Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland (Type Locality for Mullite)

 
Spinel with Mullite from Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland (Type Locality for Mullite)

Spinel with Mullite from Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland (Type Locality for Mullite)

Spinel with Mullite from Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland (Type Locality for Mullite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 62520
Mineral:Spinel with Mullite
Locality:Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland (Type Locality for Mullite)
Description:Lustrous 3 mm octahedral bluish-black spinel crystal in pinkish corundum-rich matrix with gray mullite microcrystal impurities throughout. Ex. John Lawson (1942-2024) and Robert Lawson
Overall Size:28x20x19 mm
Crystals:micro to 3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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