Blue Spinel Vs Sapphire

Tourmalines pg 4 paraiba tourmalines.

Blue spinel vs sapphire.

Other varieties are more common and less sought after. The bright reds and deep blues are spectacular specimens. Tourmalines pg 3 pink red yellow and other colors. There is a big difference in between the price of natural and synthetic spinels.

Spinel pg 3 synthetic spinel. Synthetic spinel showing a neon red color under short uv rays. Sapphire ruby pg 2 ruby. Picture courtesy ruby sapphire.

Common crystal forms are octahedra usually twinned it has an imperfect octahedral cleavage and a conchoidal fracture its hardness is 8 its specific gravity is 3 5 4 1 and it is transparent to opaque with a vitreous to dull luster. Red and blue spinel. Hi here is just a small video that shows 4 stones cut from synthetic boules of corundum and spinel the one you can see at the beginning of my video synthetics corundum and spinel. Blue spinel vs sapphire.

There is no telling how many spinels have actually been sold as sapphire. This has to some degree closed the spinel vs. Red is the costliest followed by blue then pink and in last multi colors. Blue exemplars are the second rarest spinel gems.

Tourmaline pg 2 black orange blue green tourmalines. Price varies from color to color. With modern gemological tools we can easily distinguish between blue spinel and blue sapphire. It is noteworthy that the world s most famous engagement ring is the iconic blue sapphire ring of princess diana worn now by kate middleton.

Sapphire ruby. Spinel pg 2 red spinel pink spinel other colors. It may be colorless but is usually various shades of pink rose red blue green yellow brown black or. Sapphire status and reputation sapphire has always had a royal connection and was frequently worn by royals and the clergy throughout history.

Spinel has been making a name for itself over the last couple of decades and demand for fine stones well exceeds supply. Spinel crystallizes in the isometric system. Blue spinel hues range from violet blue through very slightly greenish blue. Spinel occurs in a wide variety of colors.

Synthetic spinels are very. However hundreds of years ago when spinel was found together with sapphire and ruby it was impossible to tell them apart. It is easy to understand how early gem traders confused spinel with ruby and sapphire for over 1000 years. Garnet pg 2 understanding garnets.