Black Spinel with Growth Layers

Black Spinel with Growth Layers from Parker Mine, Notre Dame du Laus, Quebec, Canada

Collection

John Betts - Fine Minerals

Description

Single crystal of lustrous black Spinel with no matrix attached. Several faces have successive, stacked layers of parallel crystal growth. The bottom is incomplete where it contacted the matrix. Ex. Steve Chamberlain collection #16749; collected by Bill Condon in 1983.

Locality

Parker Mine, Notre Dame du Laus, Quebec, Canada

Dimensions

16 x 13 x 12 mm.


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