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Spinel

ex Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hofmeister (GER)
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Description
Locality: 
Luc Yen Mine, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.6 × 0.7 cm
Description

Specimens from Vietnam are not really abundant. This very nice translucent pinkish red spinel crystal comes out of the collection of german mineralogist and former head of the Institute of Geosciences of the Mainz Gutenberg University Prof. Dr. D. Sc. h.c. Wolfgang Hofmeister. As visible in the pictures there are some mousebites at the corners etc. but the colour is superb. Nice LW-UV fluorescence also!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spinel

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

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Best regards Roger