Spinel Jewelry
Natural Spinel Jewelry
AME Jewellery presents our exquisite collection of natural spinel jewelry crafted in shimmering yellow, white, and rose gold.
Spinel is the August Birthstone and the 22nd wedding anniversary gemstone.
A Spectrum of Colors
Spinel is renowned for its extraordinary color range, which includes intense red, vibrant pink, orange, purple, violet, blue, and bluish-green. The presence of various trace elements gives rise to these captivating shades:
- Intense reds and pinks: Chromium content. The higher the chromium content, the stronger the red hue.
- Orange and purple: Mixture of Iron and Chromium
- Violet to blue: Trace amounts of Iron
- Vibrant blues: Trace amounts of Cobalt
Image: Spinel comes in beautiful red, pink, purple, and blue colors. GIA
Spinel, like garnet and diamond, is singly refractive, with the same physical properties in all crystal directions. It belongs to the cubic crystal system, and its characteristic crystal shape is an octahedron, which looks like two back-to-back pyramids. Well-formed spinel crystals are fairly common in nature.
In ancient times, the mines of central and southeast Asia yielded exceptionally large spinel crystals. These fine stones became known as Balas rubies, and some of them were the treasured property of kings and emperors, often passing through many hands as spoils of war. As a result, some of the world’s most illustrious “rubies” are actually spinel.
For centuries Spinel was confused with Ruby and Pink Sapphire. In 1783, mineralogist Jean Baptiste Louis Rome de Lisle identified Spinel as a different mineral than Ruby.
Gemstone Factors
- Mineral: Spinel
- Chemical composition: MgAl2O4
- Color: Red, orange, pink, purple, blue, black
- Refractive index: 1.718
- Specific gravity: 3.6
- Mohs Hardness: 8
Mining Source
Spinel is mined in Tajikistan , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Vietnam , Tanzania and Pakistan . Mogok mine, Myanmar is famous for Burmese Spinel with eye-catching colors such as hot pink and red. Sri Lanka offers blue, pink and purple Spinels. Vietnam's Luc Yen gem mine , Yen Bai has been producing deep red, purple, pink, violet and violet-blue spinels since the 1980s, and vivid blue spinels since 2000.
Source: GIA - Gemological Institute of America
Natural Gemstone Jewelry Spinel in Yellow Gold, White Gold, and Rose Gold by AME Jewellery. Gemstone certification by SJC Lab and SBJ Lab.
