Spinel with Chondrodite

Spinel with Chondrodite from Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey.

Collection

John Betts - Fine Minerals

Description

Crudely crystallized purplish-gray octahedral Spinel crystals to 8 mm across in white marble with blebs of translucent orange-brown Chondrodite with an old pen-and-ink label. One 8 mm Spinel is well exposed and noticeably better than the other Spinels. Ex. J. Cilen (1916-1997) #17353; ex. Nérée Boubée (1806-1862) Comptoir Central d'Histoire Naturelle.

Locality

Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey.

Dimensions

4.0 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm.


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