Mineralpedia Details for Spinel
Spinel
- Formula
- MgAl2O4
- Crystal System
- Isometric
- Crystal Habit
- Euhedral Crystals, Massive - Granular
- Cleavage
- None, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- colorless, red, blue, green, brown
- Streak
- grayish white
- Class
- Isometric - Hexoctahedral
- Fracture
- Uneven
- Hardness
- 8
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Spinel from Antanimora Commune, Ambovombe dist., Androy, Tuléar, Madagascar
Black octahedral crystals to 1cm in calcite matrix.
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Spinel from Mandalay region, Myanmar
This is a huge, albeit imperfect, red Spinel. The color tone is a little deeper in the photos.
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