Black Spinel 4mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch featured_05072026BYTE The stone was discovered in

The stone was discovered in 2009 by a man in Mexico as a man chasing his goat up a mountain caught sight of an unusual rock

Historically

and variation of the amount of iron in the stone creates a color range from reddish purple to deep violet to light lilac

It is also one of the hardest

Beads Per Strand: 40

Black Spinel 4mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch featured_05072026BYTE The stone was discovered inSpinel 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.