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Spinel with Zircon in marble with Pyrite from Mogok District, 115 km NNE of Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma)

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 78586
Mineral:	Spinel with Zircon in marble with Pyrite
Locality:	Mogok District, 115 km NNE of Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma)
Description:	Lustrous transparent-to-translucent red spinel crystals in gray marble with scattered yellow-metallic pyrite impurities and scattered colorless zircon crystals (recognizable under SW UV). The spinel crystals are octahedral form in parallel orientation. The spinel fluoresces red under LW-SW UV; zircon fluoresces yellow under SW UV.
Overall Size:	55x40x20 mm
Crystals:	1-15 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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