Mineral: Spinel
Locality: Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma)
Dimensions: 4.5 x 3 x 4 cm / main crystal: 2.7 cm

Description: Mass: 59 g MIM number: 1544 Two very dark red twins stuck together so as to give an impression of pentagonal symmetry (a five-pointed star in which one point would be missing). Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;

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