Description
Pleonaste is a black variety of spinel, crystallizing in dodecahedrons.
It consists of numerous small, shiny black crystals on a gangue of mostly green vesuvianite.
From Val di Fassa, Tirol, Italy. A mineral from the mineralogical collection of the Bally Museum in Schönenwerd, Switzerland (19th century). Supplied with its original label.
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