Spinel
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania
- Minerals
- Spinel
- Dimensions
- 2.2 x 2 x 1.9 cm
- Size class
- Thumbnail
- SID
- ST458
Purple red, translucent Spinel crystal from the Mahenge, Tanzania. In 2007 spinel was discovered in a large marble massif near the town of Mahenge. The best quality have a very saturated hot pink to pure red color without secondary brown overtones, making them highly valuable as gemstones. Therefore, good crystals are often destroyed for their gem value. This is a good sized specimen that survived the gem industry. It's a mostly complete good sized crystal with sharp form.