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Top Taaffeite / blue Spinel Crystal Paragenesis


Product No.: cb33-017



 
Top  Taaffeite / blue Spinel Crystal Paragenesis
Top  Taaffeite / blue Spinel Crystal Paragenesis
Top  Taaffeite / blue Spinel Crystal Paragenesis
Top  Taaffeite / blue Spinel Crystal Paragenesis
Top  Taaffeite / blue Spinel Crystal Paragenesis
Top  Taaffeite / blue Spinel Crystal Paragenesis
Top  Taaffeite / blue Spinel Crystal Paragenesis
Top  Taaffeite / blue Spinel Crystal Paragenesis
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Top Taaffeite / blue Spinel Crystal Paragenesis

 

 

Mineral:
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S / Taaffeite
Chemical Formula:
Mg3Al8BeO16
Size:
7,4 x 6,7 x 1,7 mm
Weight:
21,62 ct or 4,324 g
Transparence:
opaque - transparent
Quantity:
1
Origin:
Ohngaing (Ohn Gaing; Ohn Kai) village, near Mogok, Burma (Myanmar)

A rare triangle shaped taaffeite crystal with attached blue spinel! One side of the taaffeite shows a fine intact crystal faces. The other sites partly disclosing some crystallized areas as well also some part has been slightly polished in order to measure the refractive index. The blue spinel seems to be post-genetic. Here you get a very rare paragenesis of taaffeite and spinel include some intact crystal faces ! A rare and fine collector’s item!

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