Spinel

Item Description

Spinel is a gem that comes in a great range of colors. Most people are familiar with the Ruby Spinels, but a large percentage of Spinels out there are not red. This stone is an attractive, good size, virtually eye clean, soft pink color, "oval step" cut gemstone. The color is pastel, but it's still very eye-catching, especially because pink Spinels are among the most popular of all hues with collectors. It is difficult to find superb quality Spinels, espeically in this size, because of political upheaval in southeast Asia. It appears that these stones will soon be very very hard to come across and the days of the good Spinels may be dwindling.