Multi Spinel 3mm Banded Faceted Round - 15 Inch R0481 A great gift for any

A great gift for any beader

or black and can be distributed randomly or in bundles or star to like formations

greenish gray or black within the white or gray stone

It was once mistaken for other gemstones like tourmaline due to its color-shifting nature

On cut or polished stones

Multi Spinel 3mm Banded Faceted Round - 15 Inch R0481 A great gift for anySpinel 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.