Mineral: | Spinel | Chemical Formula: | MgAl2O4 | Size: | 10,1 x 7,5 x 5,0 - 6,9 x 5,0 x 4,6 mm | Weight: | | Transparence: | translucent - transparent | Quantity: | | Origin: | Pyan Pyit (Pein Pyit) Mine, northeast of Mogok, Shan State, Burma (Myanmar) | Three spinel crystals, one discloses almost organic like shape and is except a tiny area fully undamaged, the multiple twinned crystals as well as three times parallel intergrown piece are fully intact. The latter crystals is called in Burmese “minda byah” , which means fog, the surface of this kind of spinel crystals shows a thin foggy layer, reminding on the so called “Geuda” sapphire.

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