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Spinel (Var: Pleonaste) : MgAl₂O₄
	Monte Bò, Rossa Valley, Cene, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy Spinel var. Pleonaste crystals on matrix Field of view mm 4x3 Photo and collection Germano Fretti
© Germano Fretti	Photo ID: 211865 View Count: 127
Spinel (Var: Pleonaste) : MgAl₂O₄
	Monzoni Mts, Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Three crystals of dark blue "pleonaste" measuring about 5 mm each. FOV is 1.8 cm. Overall specimen size is 5.4 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm. Ex. Schortmann's Minerals, Albert Sebela. Edward Rosenzweig collection and photograph. Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 17th Oct 2009
© Edward Rosenzweig	Photo ID: 178762 View Count: 314
Spinel (Var: Pleonaste) : MgAl₂O₄
	Toal de la Foia, Monzoni Mts, Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy close-up on the greatest spinel crystal of 8 mm Collection Arturo Moro photo Manuele Moro
© Manuele Moro	Photo ID: 227023 View Count: 43
Spinel (Var: Pleonaste) : MgAl₂O₄
	Toal de la Foia, Monzoni Mts, Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy close-up on spinel crystals up to 6 mm Collection Arturo Moro photo Manuele Moro
© Manuele Moro	Photo ID: 227019 View Count: 39
Spinel (Var: Pleonaste) : MgAl₂O₄
	Toal de la Foia, Monzoni Mts, Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy group of spinel crystals on "fassaite" the greatest measure 8 mm Collection Arturo Moro photo Manuele Moro
© Manuele Moro	Photo ID: 227020 View Count: 35
Spinel (Var: Pleonaste) : MgAl₂O₄
	Toal de la Foia, Monzoni Mts, Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy crystals of spinel up to 6 mm in a cavity formed by "fassaite". Collection Arturo Moro photo Manuele Moro
© Manuele Moro	Photo ID: 227018 View Count: 32
Spinel (Var: Pleonaste) : MgAl₂O₄
	Toal del Mason, Monzoni Mts, Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Old specimen with black perfect crystals on white Calcite. The main is 7x6 mm. In my personal Alpine Mineral Collection. Photo Simone Citon.
© Simone Citon	Photo ID: 212279 View Count: 48
Spinel (Var: Pleonaste) : MgAl₂O₄
	Betroka District, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar A 4 x 3 cm large single black crystal of spinel from the Betroka area. The precise locality not known. Photo & collection (M-491): Knut Edvard Larsen
© KEL	Photo ID: 210324 View Count: 83
Spinel (Var: Pleonaste) : MgAl₂O₄
	Betroka District, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar A 5 x 3,5 x 3 cm large singel,opaque, black with browngreyish outer layer spinel crystal from the Betroka area. Exact locality not known. Photo & collection (M-488): Knut Edvard Larsen
© K.E.Larsen	Photo ID: 210327 View Count: 71
Spinel (Var: Pleonaste) : MgAl₂O₄
	Anteriky, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar Rounded octahedral crystals of black iron spinel (variety pleonaste) with no matrix. There appear to be two crystals stacked on each other. The rounded edges are probably due to alluvial transport from deposit. Ex. A. Stevenson collection #166. Overall size of mineral specimen: 13x12x10 mm. Size of individual crystals: 8-10 mm.
© 2001 John H. Betts	Photo ID: 2061 View Count: 800