Specimen #516

Name: Spinel with Pargasite

Type: Mineral

Locality: An Phu marble mine, Luc Yen, Yen Bai province, Vietnam

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 11 x 8 x 3 cm

Weight:

Acquired: 2007-10-08

Source: Trinity: Giorgio Spiga

Label: N

Comment: Quite a remarkable specimen featuring a 2x2x1.5 cm cluster of undamaged ruby red spinel crystals, including a 2x1.1x0.7 gemmy twinned single crystal. Few smaller gemmy Spinel crystals up to 6 mm and a group of millimetric Pargasite crystals with a bright lime green colour increase the the high esthetical level of the specimen.

Minerals: Pargasite (NaCa₂(Mg,Fe⁺⁺)₄Al(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂) Spinel (MgAl₂O₄)

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Spinel with Pargasite, An Phu marble mine, Luc Yen, Yen Bai province, Vietnam - 11 x 8 x 3 cm

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Spinel with Pargasite, An Phu marble mine, Luc Yen, Yen Bai province, Vietnam

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Spinel with Pargasite, An Phu marble mine, Luc Yen, Yen Bai province, Vietnam

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