Spinel Gemstones 706 items

Spinel Gemstones is your destination for single faceted gemstones. In the category you will find loose Spinel gemstones that have been sourced and sometimes cut by our own verified sellers.

Spinel is one of the newest gemstones to hit the market. It has been around for centuries but until recently it was impossible to correctly identify them.

Spinel gemstones are usually found in the same deposits as Ruby and Sapphire. Since these gemstones look almost identical it was impossible to differentiate them. One of the world’s best known Rubies, The Black Princes Ruby, is actually a huge Spinel gemstone.

When buying loose Spinel gemstones, look for stones that are eye clean and well cut. Inclusions in Spinel gemstones that are visible to the naked eye will greatly reduce it’s value. The most common inclusions inside Spinel gemstones are actually tiny little Spinel crystals.

Spinel gemstones come in any different colors including Red, Pink and blue. The pink and red Spinel gemstones from Mahenge Tanzania and Burma and the most highly sought after.

For a truly rare stone, look for Cobalt blue Spinel gemstones. It is one of the few naturally occurring blue gemstones and there are no known treatments for this stone or any other Spinel.

The main sources for Spinel gemstones are Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand and almost anywhere that Ruby and Sapphire is found.

Further Reading

• Mahenge Spinel - The Stone That Changed Everything
• Spinel Information
• Blue Spinel The Rarest Of Them All