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Spinel Var Spinel Law Twin

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Spinel Var Spinel Law Twin

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Luc Yen Mine, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.3 × 0.5 cm
Description

A couple of flattened octahedral, bright red coloured crystals of spinel with an evident contact twin on {111} (spinel law twin), forming an specimen of a regular triangular silhouette. It is a complete group, floater, with intense vitreous lustre, and some areas of good transparency. Minor erosions are present, and the crystals get bright red if backlighted.

Acquired in 2007. Ex Eugeni Bareche specimen.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

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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