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incredibly glassy
but you don’t see pieces like this anymore
Ferberite as a species is not known in well-crystallized examples worldwide
and some are even doubly terminated as you rotate the piece in your hand
Spinel (Ruby Spinel) (Gem “floater”!) Chalcanthite incredibly glassyIt has been next to impossible to obtain fine quality Spinel specimens from Burma these days it seems. To find gem quality crystals is extremely difficult. This single floater crystal is a classic Burmese "Ruby Spinel" with very sharp, defined, lustrous, octahedral faces and a gemmy, rich red interior color. A great quality textbook octahedron for the species. This piece was mined around 2000 and is one of the better Spinels from the collection of my
