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Synthetic Spinel

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Synthetic Spinel

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Description
Locality: 
Elektrochemische Werke, Bitterfeld, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Artefact
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Weight: 
15.00gr
Description

This piece is a synthetic spinel. Such synthetic gemstones were produced in Bitterfeld in the former GDR. The production of these stones took place after the so-called Verneuil procedure. This artifact is a rare product from the years before 1990.

The spinel has a slightly pink color in daylight. With UV light, it glows extremely neon green.

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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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