Spinel (Ruby Spinel) ("floater")

Spinel (Ruby Spinel) ("floater")A pristine, complete "floater" crystal of Ruby Spinel with textbook octahedral faces, excellent luster and that classic glowing ruby red hue! These are iconic examples of the species from Mogok and a must have for any fan of gem crystals or "floater" crystals. You just don't see good quality gemmy red Spinel crystals on the market from anywhere these days, so don't miss out on this one. The piece shows beautiful glowing red fluorescence under UV

Here we have an exceptionally hard to find Sapphire crystal from the Chumar Ruby Mines in Nepal

Specimen #PREH31123

This impressive and attractive twin has wonderful blocky form with very sharp faces

jet-black to golden colored

The piece also shows a slightly different habit of twinning

It has been next to impossible to obtain gem quality Spinel specimens from Burma these days it seems

I acquired this specimen from Weinrich Minerals

but it's GEMMY with that amazingly rich glowing emerald green color

are opaque

I'm told from our source that the material also has small inclusions of sulfur

but one of them was instead the new mineral

and we wouldn't see the shimmering luster and beautiful textbook form