Black Spinel 4x8mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch R0305 milky to pink silicon dioxide

milky to pink silicon dioxide mineral

Turquoise beads found in Iraq date back to 5000 BCE

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It is a variety of the mineral corundum

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Black Spinel 4x8mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch R0305 milky to pink silicon dioxideSpinel is a hard vitreous magnesium aluminum oxide, and comes in a range of other colors, but those varieties are transparent. Black Spinel not only has the dark color, but it is opaque as well, rendering its black especially deep and mysterious. Sometimes called the "Black Prince's Ruby" for its role in the English crown. It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times, but can be distinguished by its structure and its lower relative hardness.