Spinel - Birthstone for August
This exquisite gemstone shares the month of August with Peridot. The Spinel is an exotic-coloured gemstone that was mistaken for rubies and sapphires for over 1000 years, the Spinel comes in countless colours. It is stunningly brilliant and lustrous and is one of the rarest coloured gemstones to be found. Despite all this obvious appeal, spinel costs much less than its more well-known cousins, the ruby and sapphire.
Spinel’s range from deeply saturated tones to very light pastels, and they come in countless different hues of red, lavender, blue, pink, purple, and black.
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- Formular- Al2O3
- Crystal System- Trigonal
- Chemical composition- Aluminium Oxide + Iron + Titanium + Chromium
- Hardness - 9.0 Moh’s scale
And the best part, the spinel gem is one of the few stones that require no special treatment. Other coloured gemstones are often treated to intensify the colour and improve clarity, but a Spinel looks vivid and bright entirely, au naturale… Spinels (except red) are famous for their exceptionally fluidity of colours. Spinel’s that look steely blue grey in daylight can look metallic violet indoors. And pink Spinels can radiate lavender in certain light conditions.
Spinel has long been found in the gemstone bearing gravel of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Tanzania, Madagascar and Kenya. Among all the countries Sri Lankan Spinel’s are crisper and more brightly coloured than other Spinel’s around the world.
This exquisite gemstone shares the month of August with Peridot. The Spinel is an exotic-coloured gemstone that was mistaken for rubies and sapphires for over 1000 years, the Spinel comes in countless colours. It is stunningly brilliant and lustrous and is one of the rarest coloured gemstones to be found. Despite all this obvious appeal, spinel costs much less than its more well-known cousins, the ruby and sapphire.
Spinel’s range from deeply saturated tones to very light pastels, and they come in countless different hues of red, lavender, blue, pink, purple, and black.
Healing Property of Spinel
A Spinel is a high energy stone, used to lend the body energy and to heal physical energy blockages.
This beautiful gemstone has a calming effect on all types of physical inflammations, even neuritis and its symptoms are told to benefit from using Spinel. Said to speed the recovery of all diseases associated with movement, including issues with joints, bones and muscles.
Spinel will grant strength and renewed energy to the wearer and increase one’s powers of self healing, providing encouragement for dealing with difficult tasks and making it possible for one to protect oneself from the troublesome influences of others.