Black Spinel 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch Latest-MAR2022 Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque

Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue-green to light green stone

First described in 1881

promoting personal power and achievement of goals

Its colors include burnt red

Its name is derived from the Greek word for blood

Black Spinel 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch Latest-MAR2022 Brazilian Amazonite is an opaqueSpinel 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.