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Spinel

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Description
Locality: 
Pein Pyit, Mogok, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay, Myanmar (former Burma)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.90cm
Weight: 
14.00gr
Description

Very nice and lustrous red octahedral translucent crystal of spinel and pale yellow chodrodite on calcite and marble matrix from this famous Burmese town, I bought this piece in 2002 and today it is very difficult to find specimens like this in the Spanish market.
Spinel fluoresces red under long wave ultraviolet light as can be seen in the last photo.

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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