Mineral: | Spinel
| Chemical Formula: | MgAl2O4 | Size: | | Weight: | | Transparence: | translucent - transparent | Quantity: | | Origin: | Laggala, Matale District, la province de Central , Sri Lanka | This blue spinel crystal seems to be a pseudomorph and is except one tiny edge fully crystallized. One side shows a small fracture plane but all other faces are terminated. The crystal seems to have an hexagonal habit, but a closer look at the angles tell you different, so it is unclear why the spinel finally crystallized in this shape. Under the Chelsea-Filter the crystal is slightly red, so it may contain some cobalt. Very unusual spinel found many years ago in Sri Lanka.
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