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Ruby Spinel
- Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma
- Thumbnail, 0.6 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
- Start Time: 03/26/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/02/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
It has been next to impossible to obtain fine quality Spinel specimens from Burma these days it seems. Here we have a classic Burmese "Ruby Spinel" crystal with relatively sharp, defined, octahedral faces and a gemmy pink red color. This piece was mined around 2000. The best of these specimens are simply the finest in the world for what they are. This is an example of a non-pegmatite gem mineral for which many collectors probably do have a good specimen in their collections.