Spinel

Item Description

Most of the Spinels you'll find from the Mogok area are either pink or red, but occasionally a blue or purple crystal will show up. This piece is a complete "floater" octahedron with lustrous faces and good internal gemminess. In sunlight the piece shows more of a blue shade, but in indoor lighting, it shifts to more of a silvery-purple color. From the collection of Bill ("Burma Bill") Larson of Fallbrook, California. Bill is a well-known gem and mineral dealer as well as a miner and collector. Bill traveled the world for decades in search of fine gems and minerals, and was directly involved in the in-person acquisition and importation of superb specimens and stones from Myanmar (Burma). You can read his biography at https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/larsonwilliam-f/