Spinel
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania
- Minerals
- Spinel
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
- Size class
- Thumbnail
- SID
- ST459
Translucent red Spinel crystal from Mahenge, Tanzania. Single octahedral crystal with small attached crystal and good well saturated pure red color. 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 crystal specimen that survived the gem industry.