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Spinel & Pargasite

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Spinel & Pargasite

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Description
Locality: 
Minh Tien Mine, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5 × 12.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

A very nice sample with a lot of ruby red octahedral sharp crystals up to 0.6 cm perched on a white calcite matrix together with a lot of bright green pargasite cystals up to 1 cm.

Shipping charge: actual registered mail rate plus 5 $ (about 15 $)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spinel

Formula: 
MgAl2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0

Pargasite

Formula: 
{Na}{Ca2}{Mg4Al}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland
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