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Spinel

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay, Myanmar (former Burma)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Blood-red octahedral crystals of spinel, frozen in a snow-white marble rock. They have resinous lustre and good transparency. Under long UV light it displays an intense red fluorescence.

Acquired in 1990. Ex Roger Gnat collection.

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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