Multi Spinel 1.5x2mm Faceted Rondelle AA Grade - 15-16 Inch featured_04252024 Tourmalated Quartz is clear Quartz

Tourmalated Quartz is clear Quartz that has formed with Black Tourmaline

Phantom Quartz form over pre to existing crystals

It is not a mineral

This earned it the Russian name “orletz” or Eagle Stone

All gemstones are fascinating and special

Multi Spinel 1.5x2mm Faceted Rondelle AA Grade - 15-16 Inch featured_04252024 Tourmalated Quartz is clear QuartzSpinel 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.