Natural Spinel 3.12 Carat

Description

Spinels come in a wide variety of colors similar to the Corundum family (Rubies and Sapphires). It has hardness of 8 on the Moh’s scale out of 10.

Spinels are extremely fine-looking, durable gemstones which are an excellent alternative to Rubies and Sapphires. They are found in all colors such as red, pink, purple, blue, violet, green and orange. The most valuable spinels are however the ones that have a vivid blue or red color. The best and rarest blue spinels have a special term coined to describe their excellent blue hue known as “Cobalt-Blue”. These can be extremely rare to find in Nature and are sought after by collectors.

Spinels have been found in deposits all over the world, however, the most notable origin are Burma, Madagascar, Tanzania, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan.