DESCRIPTION: | No. 78586
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Mineral: | Spinel with Zircon in marble with Pyrite
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Locality: | Mogok District, 115 km NNE of Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma) |
Description: | Lustrous transparent-to-translucent red spinel crystals in gray marble with scattered yellow-metallic pyrite impurities and scattered colorless zircon crystals (recognizable under SW UV). The spinel crystals are octahedral form in parallel orientation. The spinel fluoresces red under LW-SW UV; zircon fluoresces yellow under SW UV. |
Overall Size: | 55x40x20 mm |
Crystals: | 1-15 mm |
Status: | Sold - Posted here for reference only |
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