Black Spinel 15mm Pinwheel - 8 Inch White Moonstone Round Nose

Round Nose

black biotite

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Famous malachite mines in the Ural mountains of Russia once produced 20 to ton blocks of the stone

It was originally found in the Ural mountains of Russia

Black Spinel 15mm Pinwheel - 8 Inch White Moonstone Round NoseSpinel is a hard vitreous magnesium aluminum oxide, and comes in a range of other colors, but those varieties are transparent. Black Spinel not only has the dark color, but it is opaque as well, rendering its black especially deep and mysterious. Sometimes called the "Black Prince's Ruby" for its role in the English crown. It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times, but can be distinguished by its structure and its lower relative hardness.