Black Spinel 3mm Natural Round - 15-16 InchSpinel 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.

igneous rock with high silica content

Our Chakra strands are comprised of Amethyst

Because of its softness

Smoky Quartz

Rhodonite belongs to the Pyroxenoid group of minerals

Aquamarine is a transparent to translucent stone ranging from cerulean blue to light blue in higher grades

and comes in a range of other colors

It was named and first described by the Greek philosopher and botanist Theosphrastus in 315 BCE

It is believed to increase one’s metaphysical connection with the earth

The presence of chromium is what gives a ruby its red color

often found with white

Hematoid Quartz is Quartz with inclusions of hematite