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| Species: | Spinel |
| Formula: | MgAl2O4 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Anorthite | ⓘ2 photos of Spinel associated with Anorthite at this locality. |
| Ruby | ⓘ1 photo of Spinel associated with Ruby at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Spinel data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Peygerolles, Saint-Privat-du-Dragon, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 630142 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:630142:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 93418730-9c21-4f2d-b109-126490850b1c |
| Nearest other occurrences of Spinel |
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| 2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘChantel, Saint-Ilpize, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 4.4km (2.7 miles) | ⓘLa Borie stream alluvial deposits, Champlong, Vieille-Brioude, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 11.4km (7.1 miles) | ⓘTernivol stream alluvial deposits, Le Breuil, Chaniat, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 12.3km (7.6 miles) | ⓘMont Coupet, Saint-Eble, Mazeyrat-d'Allier, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 12.9km (8.0 miles) | ⓘCizières stream alluvial deposits, Saint-Eble, Mazeyrat-d'Allier, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 14.7km (9.1 miles) | ⓘAllevier, Azérat, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 15.8km (9.8 miles) | ⓘMt Briançon, Saint-Arcons-d'Allier, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 18.5km (11.5 miles) | ⓘFioule stream alluvial deposits, Saint-Arcons-d'Allier, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 19.1km (11.9 miles) | ⓘMerdanson stream alluvial deposits, Saint-Arcons-d'Allier, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘAnce stream alluvial deposits, Plancheresse, Siaugues-Sainte-Marie, Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Toulouse, France D. Ohnenstetter CRPG, Nancy-Université, CNRS, BP 20, 54501 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France (4...from an igneous reservoir in the subcontinental spinel lherzolitic mantle of the FMC. The presence of...Avenue, Glasgow G75 0QF Scotland, UK Keywords France . French Massif Central . Basalt . Oxygen isotopes...Sapphires G. Pegere Avenue d’Auvergne, 43100 Brioude, France The blue-green-yellow sapphires and rubies...Nancy-Université, CNRS, BP 20, 54501 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France e-mail: giuliani@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr Introduction |  | Giuliani, Gaston, Groat, Lee, Fallick, Anthony, Pignatelli, Isabella, Pardieu, Vincent (2020) Ruby Deposits: A Review and Geological Classification. Minerals, 10 (7) 597 doi:10.3390/min10070597 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Notre-Dame-des-Pauvres, BP 20, 54501 Vandœuvre, France Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University...Lorraine, UMR 7539 CNRS-UL, BP 70239 Vandœuvre, France; isabella.pignatelli@univ-lorraine.fr Field gemmologist...for gems mined from the modern-day Tajikistan (spinel), and “Bohemian ruby” was used for gems coming... with a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale (while spinel and garnets crystallize in the cubic system and...and are softer with a hardness of 8). Unlike spinel and garnet, ruby is a dichroic mineral, which will |  | | Book | | Inclusions in Marble-Hosted Gem-Quality Ruby and SpinelfromMogok,Myanmar Reprinted from: Minerals 2020...ensemble in which ruby and sapphire associate with spinel and sapphirine in a highly calcic anorthosite-layered...new detailed U–Pb dating on gem-quality ruby (and spinel) by using zircon and zirconolite inclusions in...zirconolite grains were analyzed from ruby and spinel crystals. Analyses were made of core and rim zones...were concordant for both ruby at 22.3 ± 0.4 Ma and spinel at 22.9 ± 0.7 Ma. Accessory zircon and zirconolite |
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