AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Vietnam > Spinel in marble |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 53136 |
Mineral: | Spinel in marble |
Locality: | Luc Yen, Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam |
Description: | Compound crystals of lustrous transparent-to-translucent purple spinel crystals in gray-white marble that was carved to form a flower-like formation that stands upright without support. The spinel crystals have many parallel octahedral faces. |
Overall Size: | 11.5x7x7 cm |
Crystals: | 10-35 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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