Spinel comes in a range of colors but red is one of the most popular. As red spinal forms, it creates cubic crystals like a diamond, but it is not as hard. Often mismarketed as fancy color diamonds, red spinels were given the name spinel diamond. Mined in Sri Lanka and Burma, these stones are the perfect, more affordable option to a ruby as well as have great clarity and brilliance like a diamond.
Red spinel has long been mistaken for ruby, and many of the famous ‘rubies’ in history worn by emperors and monarchs were actually red spinel.
Loose Red Spinel Gemstones
Birthstone: August
Wedding anniversary: 15th
Mohs hardness: 8 / 10
You will also like: rubies
Looks great set in: yellow gold / white gold / rose gold / platinum / silver
