Spinel Ferberite and conspicuously different from most

and conspicuously different from most Quartz crystals I have seen from this area

The piece hosts dozens of excellent

Here we have a fantastic nearly full-sized thumbnail crystal of Spinel from Mogok

while you can see them in old important museum collections

on the north edge of Spain along the Bay of Biscay

Spinel Ferberite and conspicuously different from mostA notably sharp, very well formed, lustrous, single floater octahedron of Spinel with a gorgeous reddish pink interior. The crystal is rather gemmy (better than the photos might indicate), but what really sets it apart is that it contains several wispy inclusions with varying orange to pink hues that create eye catching color combinations when the piece is backlit. The fact that the crystal is rather gemmy is significant since it measures over 1 cm,