Spinel (fluorescent) on Marble

Item Description

A vivid, variable cherry-red spinel octahedron is aesthetically set in contrasting marble matrix on this showy and excellent thumbnail from Mogok. The lustrous, translucent to gemmy, pristine crystal is 1.1 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm. It has been next to impossible to obtain fine quality spinel specimens from Burma these days it seems and matrix specimens of are very uncommon. These rank as some of the finest spinels in the world and this is a fine example. Bright cherry-red fluorescence. Valued by the former dealer at $650.