Multi Spinel 3mm Banded Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch featured_07162026 South Africa

South Africa

Chrome-bearing fuchsite (a variety of muscovite mica) is the classic inclusion

“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE

” the Sinhalese word for “mixed color precious stone

Purple Crazy Lace Agate is actually Mexican Crazy Lace Agate that has been color enhanced with purple to bring out the beautiful patterns in the stone

Multi Spinel 3mm Banded Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch featured_07162026 South AfricaSpinel 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.