Spinel - Locality: Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Size: 2.6 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm. A striking, 1.6 cm, lustrous, compound, octahedral, indigo-blue spinel crystal set atop contrasting snow-white marble from the Hunza Valley of Pakistan. Pristine, complete all-around and eminently viewable from both sides. By Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0 [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons