As gemstone wholesalers we at www.gemrockauctions.com offer a wide range of Gemstones, loose gemstones and other high quality products, Including Spinel.
Spinel is the gem collector’s favourite. Spinel is the treasured for its own sake, it is a favourite of gem dealers and collectors on account of its brilliance, hardness and wide range of spectacular colours.
The work Spinel originated from the Greek word spark, referring to its fiery red colour. Generally thought of as a red colour, spinel is also available in a range of natural colours such as orange, brown, yellow, violet, blue, purple, green, pink and black, and including every mixture of colours in between.
One of the most spectacular gemstone colour in the gemstone world is the vivid hot pink with a tinge of orange, which is mined in Burma. Cobalt spinels are spinels that come in beautiful blues. Spinel deposits that are found with rubies and sapphires are mainly found in Myanmar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Other places spinels are in Afghanistan, Brazil, Australia, Nepal, Madagascar, Tadzhikistan, Nigeria and the USA. For many centuries spinel were commonly mistaken for a ruby or sapphire. The two most famous large rubies are the Black Prince’s Ruby and the Timur Ruby in the British Imperial State Crown, which are actually a brilliant 170 carats red spinel and a 352 carat red spinel successively.
In the beginning of the 19th century, red garnets or spinels were thought to be rubies. The confusion between rubies and spinel is not surprising, since they both are mined in the gem gravels of Burma and Sri Lanka. Both have similar properties such as hardness, durability, vivid colours and brilliance. Spinel is the birthstone for April. The chemical composition for Spinel is MgA12O4 magnesium aluminium oxide and the hardness is 8 on the Mohs scale.
The mystical properties of spinel is said to refine clarity of thought and creative ideas, in addition to attracting the help that is needed for any situation. The physical and healing property for spinel is high energy, used to provide body energy and to heal physical energy blockages. It has a calming effect for all forms of inflammation, such as neuritis.
It also helps speed recovery of all diseases related to movement, such as bones, joints and muscles. Its magical properties include protective energy, the element of fire and the power for energy and money.
The chakra classifications for spinels are: red spinel is most successful on the 1st, Root or the Base Chakra; blue spinel is most successful on the 6th, Third Eye or Brow Chakra and violet on the 7th, Crown Chakra.
For any investors, collectors or lovers of this gem, it is recommended to have a gemological identification certificate for authenticity. It is an independent report from an approved gemology laboratory, issued by an independent gemologist.
