Spinel
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Kagoro, Kaduna State, Nigeria
- Minerals
- Spinel
- Dimensions
- 0.7 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm
- Size class
- Thumbnail
- SID
- K368
Octahedral crystal of deep cobalt blue Spinel. These were first discovered in 2001 and are found mostly of industrial quality.
Though they don't get very large, the color is spectacular. This is a complete crystal with slight edge wear. Translucent to transparent.
Studies have shown these to be very high in Zinc and could be labelled as Gahnite.