Semi Precious Stones >> Spinel Necklace

Semi Precious Stone Spinel Necklace

Spinel is a very good-looking and also has historically important gemstone mineral. Its typical red color, although pinker, rivals the color of ruby. In fact, many rubies, of notable fame belonging to the circlet jewel collections, were found to in fact be Spinel. Perhaps the greatest mistake is its Black Prince's Ruby set in the British Imperial State Crown. Whether this error was accidents or clever substitutions of valuable rubies for its less valuable Spinel by risk taking jewelers, the past is unclear. The misidentification is meaningless in terms of the worth of these gems for even Spinel carries fairly considerable amount of value and these stones are actually invaluable based on their history, let alone their carat weight and pedigree.