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Spinel

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Description
Locality: 
Ali Abad, Hunza Valley, Hunza District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.4 × 4.6 cm
Description

Very nice spinel crystals with orange-brown chondrodite in white marble matrix. Spinel forms purplish-blue, octahedral crystals. Some of the crystals are spinel law twins. Chondrodite forms crude crystals with some flaky micaceous phlogopite. Great piece, amazing blue colour.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spinel

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

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