Spinel

Spinel is a beautiful colored gemstone that occurs in a range of colors, such as pink, red, lavender, blue, orange, purple, yellow, brown and black. It is a really attractive gemstone and in the past has caused it to be mistaken for ruby and sapphire, duo to its high hardness as 8 on the Mohs scale and its bright colors very close to Ruby, Sapphire and other gemstones. Red and blue Spinels are the most desirable variety and if they comes with eye clean clarity and large size over 2 carats can be expensive. Finest quality of this gemstone comes from country like: Myanmar, but it can also be mined in Tanzania and other countries.