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Gahnospinel Value, Price, and Jewelry Information


Gahnospinel is a solid-state solution between spinel and gahnite.

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Spinel - Locality: Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Size: 2.6 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm. A striking, 1.6 cm, lustrous, compound, octahedral, indigo-blue spinel crystal set atop contrasting snow-white marble from the Hunza Valley of Pakistan. Pristine, complete all-around and eminently viewable from both sides. By Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0 [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Gahnospinel Value

Highest values go to pure blue, size and clarity.

Gahnospinels from Sri Lanka

Gahnospinels from Sri Lanka

ZnO(%)

FeO(%)

N

S.G.

0.14

2.34

1.716

3.6

7.18

1.92

1.723

3.72

10.27

2.52

1.731

3.77

12.98

1.47

1.737

3.86

18.21

1.93

1.747

3.97

24.81

1.90

1.752

4.05

 

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