Spinel ("floater") Valentinite as when I put it

as when I put it against a white piece of paper

Francesco Bedogné of Sondrio

An attractive

The front of the specimen is polished to show the fantastic pattern inside

Spinel ("floater") Valentinite as when I put itA beautiful and excellent quality floater octahedron of gorgeous lavender colored Spinel. The faces are incredibly smooth and lustrous, and you can see this is a textbook example of a single octahedron. The crystal is quite gemmy, with good sized sections inside the crystal that are WATER CLEAR when backlit. Hard to photograph, but really attractive in person, and a nice piece to add to any thumbnail collection or a suite of gem crystals. The crystal