Black Spinel 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch Turkey gray and mauve stone

gray and mauve stone

second only to Quartz

The Ruby inclusions in this stone are pink to reddish purple to dark purple

all-knowing eye

African Turquoise is not actually Turquoise

Black Spinel 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch Turkey gray and mauve stoneSpinel 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.