Mineral: | Spinel
| Chemical Formula: | MgAl2O4 | Size: | | Weight: | | Transparence: | | Quantity: | | Origin: | Ratnapura, Province of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka | Here you get blue spinel crystals in marble from Sri Lanka, together with phlogopite and childrenite crystals. The biggest undamaged spinel crystal is located between childrenite and phlogopite. Beside you find several other lavender-colored spinel crystals partly intact as well as some with fracture planes. Nevertheless you get a very rare matrix specimen from Sri Lanka.
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