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purple Spinel cluster 
Back to Collection Liquidation Auctions - end Feb 4
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, China
- Starting Time:1/30/2010 06:30:00 PM(CST)
- Ending Time:2/4/2010 06:30:00 PM(CST)
Time Left:Auction Is Closed
- Size:4.4 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
- Size Description:Miniature
Description:Purple spinel! A showy and excellent intergrown cluster of lustrous, translucent, purplish-lavender, spinel octahedrons from recent finds in Vietnam. The crystals reach 3.5 cm and have nifty etched/stepped-growth faces which you can make out in teh over-bright photos designed to show reflection off these faces. A bit of minor contacting is noted, but is certainly not a detraction, as you can see. Large, highly representative crystals of the species and locale. unusual in such a rich and large cluster.
