Black Spinel 5-6mm Drop Faceted Top Drill - 8 Inch black opal red or orange body color

red or orange body color

Tourmaline occurs in nearly every color in the rainbow and its name derives from “turmali

Feldspars are a group of rock-forming aluminium tectosilicate minerals

and its name is derived from the Greek “apate

Tourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors

Black Spinel 5-6mm Drop Faceted Top Drill - 8 Inch black opal red or orange body colorSpinel 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.