Spinel from Sungate Mine, An Phu, Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 61448
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| Mineral: | Spinel
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| Locality: | Sungate Mine, An Phu, Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam |
| Description: | Elongated cluster of many interconnected lustrous transparent-to-translucent octahedral red spinel crystals. Two of the larger spinel crystals are twinned on the octahedral {111} plane following the Spinel Law of isometric twinning. |
| Overall Size: | 6.5x3.5x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-18 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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