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Spinel In Marble

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Spinel In Marble

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Description
Locality: 
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay, Myanmar (former Burma)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Blood-red octahedral crystals of spinel frozen in a snow-white marble block. They have intense resinous lustre and good transparency.

Acquired in 1992. Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens #2129.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spinel

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

Marble

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0

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