Red Spinel Gemstones

Red spinels are the most desired type of spinel gemstones of most gem lovers. Its beauty and close resemblance to Ruby are the main reasons for that. To give you an example of how closely god red spinels resemble Rubies, the world famous  “Black Prince’s Ruby” on the English Imperial State Crown ( Image 1.1 ) was later discovered to be a Spinel, not a Ruby. That’s funny eh?

Therefore Red spinels and Red spinel jewelry are very elegant indeed and loved by many gem and jewelry lovers and collectors.

Color variations

Red spinals do come in few Red variations.  The deep red spinals are the most popular and hence most expensive. There are also lighter red spinals often referred to as pink spinals which are less expensive than the deep red spinals.

Synthetic Spinels

However, as for many other gemstones, synthetic versions are also available for spinels. For an untrained eye, synthetic spinels can be difficult to identify. (Therefore please read our ( Steps to follow when buying a gemstone or a gemstone jewelry ) article before making your purchase as this will help you in not getting caught in to a synthetic spinel. )

But, there are a couple of basic things you can do to do a basic testing to see whether a spinal is natural or synthetic.  Unfortunately, the  basic tactic doesn’t work for red spinals hence a more technical testing will require to decide whether the spinal is natural or synthetic. Having said that, if you find a remarkably cheap red spinal, always be suspicious.

But the good news is that, not many dark red synthetic spinals are made apparently as most dark red synthetic stones are sold as natural Ruby.  ( But don’t take this for granted)

Anyway, please also note that basic tests described below are not 100% all the time hence a lab testing will require to tell for certain whether a spinal is synthetic or not.

Basic Methods

Magnetic Properties ( Again, not for red spinals – This works blue spinals)

A natural blue spinel has iron content. Hence they show weak to moderate response to magnets. Synthetic spinels do not show any response to magnets as they do not contain iron.

Lab Tests

Microscopic Evidence

Refractive Index and Specific Gravity

Fluorescence under UV rays

Scientific Details

As all our articles, the first section will give the basic introduction to Red Spinels for those are are interested in learning the things important when looking to buy a good Red Spinel and the latter part of the article includes more in-depth technical details which will be highly useful for anyone who wants to study more about Red Spinels.

How to select a good Red Spinel?

Before looking to buy any gemstone, decide on your budget and do a broad price search for the specific gemstone type you are looking for. The same method applies for Red Spinels as well. www.etsy.com could be a great starting point to start getting an idea about the prices.  You can also google and find prices offered by many gemstone sellers around the world.

However, you will notice that the prices varies in a considerably wide range. Price of any gemstone vary mainly based on the color, carat weight, shape ( cut ) and visible inclusions and damages if any.

You will find that there is a significant color range even in the “Red” spinel category. After you browse through many stones available, you will get a basic idea of what color tone is most expansive and what tone is relatively cheaper. The bright red color which is very close to Ruby as in the case of the “Black Prince Ruby” discussed earlier is the most expensive type of Red Spinels.

After getting a basic idea about the price range of red spinels, you will know what sort of a stone in terms of size and exact color you will be able to accommodate within your budget. But however, don’t be afraid to look for a little too expensive stone as most sellers are open to negotiate their prices.

The main challenges when buying gemstones online are

1. 1. The color could be misleading in some photos
2. 2. The damages and inclusions are not visible in images in most cases
3. 3. Some sellers could be selling synthetic stones

But however, there are ways you can overcome these challenges. Let’s go one by one.

Color of stones

After selecting a particular stone, if you are not satisfied with the pictures of the stone, ask the vendor to send more pictures or even a video will be great. If the available picture are taken in a studio, ask the seller to send pictures or a video taken in the day light.  Some sellers will send you these pictures and videos and some will not.

Checking inclusions and minor damages

We are talking here about the inclusions and damages which occurs inside the stone. Some stones will have minor damages which is visible from outside for the naked eye as well but a good seller will always mention if there are any.

But for you to be safe, always ask for all the inclusions and damages in the stone from the seller as those will not be visible in picture in 99.9% of the time. A good seller will always tell you the exact details.

Natural Spinel Gemstones

Spinel classifies a whole group of mineral with similarities but only a few are of gemstone quality.  There are two explanations for the origin of the name.  One is that it comes from the Greek word for spark which is “spitha” and the other is from the Latin word for thorn which is “spina”.

Spinel was an unappreciated gem until recently. Rapid increase of Ruby and also the Ruby alternatives increased the price of Red spinels.  Other types of spinels have also gained traction among gem lovers.

History

Mineralogist Jean Baptiste Louis Rome de Lisle identified spinel as a different mineral to Ruby.

Before that spinels were confused with Ruby and sapphires. In ancient times, mines in South Asia has produced exceptionally large stones.  Best examples are the “Black Price Ruby” in the British imperial state crown and the “Timur Ruby” in a necklace in the English Crown Jewels. Both were initially thought to be Rubies.

Spinel is one of the most unappreciated types of gems in the history mainly due to the confusion with Ruby and sapphire.

The problem now a days is the mass production of synthetic spinel.  Synthetic spinels are widely available so much so that most consumers do not even know that there is a natural version of the stone.

Mineral Facts

Chemical formula – MgAl2O4

Color  – Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Brown, Orange, Violet, Purple, Black , White

Hardness – 8

Density – 3.54 – 3.63

Cleavage- Indistinct

Crystal system – (Cubic), octahedron, twins, rhombic dodecahedron

Transparency – Transparent to opaque

Refractive index – 1.712 – 1.762

Double refraction – None ( Some spinel demonstrate anomalous refraction )

Pleochroism – Absent

Treatments and Enhancements

Treatments for spinels are not very common hence treated spinels are rarely encountered.  The two most common types of treatments for spinels are

1.Clarity Enhancement

2. Heat Treatment

Clarity Enhancement

Fissure are filled with reduce their visibility.  Oils and other materials are introduced into fissures to make it less reflective and reduce visibility. This is the type of treatment or enhancement that you will encounter the most as it is common for any type of gemstone.

These fillings can easily be detected via a microscope or a jeweler’s loupe.  An iridescence (the phenomenon of certain surfaces that appear to gradually change color as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes) is generally visible along a filled fissure. In addition, areas of higher relief may also be evident where the filling of a fissure was incomplete or the filler has been partially removed.

Heat Treatment

Throughout most of history of gemology, it was believed that heating cannot improve the quality of spinels. However, around 2005, some researchers found heat treated spinels and discovered that the heat treatment was performed not to enhance the color but to improve the transparency of some stones.  This is done at a temperature between 950 to 1150 Celsius.

Spinel Gemstone Meanings and Benefits

There are many popular beliefs about Spinels. We are putting down what we have found but we do not have any evidence to decide whether these believes are true or not.

A stone of revitalization

This stone can re-energize all aspects of your life making it an ideal choice for hard workers and workaholics.

The stone will help you to get rid of your low motivation and energy while releasing your stress and anxieties.  Stone brings you hope and inspiration.

It will help you keep fighting and determined. It will help you focus on actions to make things better and keep hopeful about the bright future.

All in all, the stone will help you to overcome challenges in your life by injecting new positive enrgies and removing all bad energies.

The stone will also help you to sharpen your intelligence and unearth hidden personal power. It will help you to put aside your fears and drive towards success while stimulating your creativity.

Boosting your health

Spinel will help you to overcome anxiety and nervousness.

It will help to purify your body by removing toxic materials. Spinel will positively influence treatments of body pains, joints and bones and also recovery from illnesses and trauma.

Helping you financially

The effect of spinel on your positive energy which will keep you focused and believing in your course will indirectly benefit your financial goals.

Black spinel is specially believed to help you in getting rid of negative influences including those who discourage you.

Love and Relationships

The same effect on your positive energies will help you in your relationships. Stone will help you to get rid of negative thoughts and feelings and focus on the positives

Introduction to Black Tourmaline

Clean your chakras sparkling with Black Tourmaline crystal, which is an excellent source of energy cleansing in the world of healing crystals. As a daily antibiotic for the soul, Black Tourmaline crystal has refined the aura of intelligent thought patterns to keep you up at night. Wherever you happen to be on your spiritual journey, Black Tourmaline is an excellent crystal for you because it is a guard stone that provides protection and removal of negative energy. Wear the jewelry, store it in your car, and place it over the entire house, next to the computers. Seriously, just put it all together because this powerhouse has to have all the gems.

Meaning of Black Tourmaline

This mysterious gemstone represents the black color of the ray, a warm shade that draws in all the other colors of the display. In ancient cultures, black stones symbolize darkness as a starting point and a change from the face of your greatest fears. In today’s world, phobias are part of everyday life, so it is not surprising that anxiety has become the common cold of a variety of mental disorders.

While the Crystalline definition of Black Tourmaline is not generally considered in this regard, it is one of the most powerful and effective crystals of concern. If you find yourself being swept away by the storm clouds of terror, feel calm and refreshed by holding a Black Tourmaline crystal stone in each hand. Here’s some good advice – Stay calm and carry Black Tourmaline with you wherever you go. With a healing crystal guard, this protective stone is one of the essentials in your first crystal help kit.

History of Black Tourmaline

Black Tourmaline gemstone is a very powerful cutting stone, electrically, and also provides the link between the human spirit and earth. Its supporting strength synchronizes the body’s energy centers with light-cooling stations throughout the system. It enhances a sense of power and confidence, allows for a bright, meaningful view of the world. It empowers those who have to live or work in challenging environments or stressful situations.

Although the BlackTourmaline can be found on every continent, beautiful crystal types and gems are still considered rare and can be very expensive. Its vast popularity as a monument began in the year 1876 when jeweler George Kunz a mineralogist, sold Tourmaline from Maine to Tiffany and co in New York and the spread of his ambition.

Black Tourmaline Needles, can also be found attached to clear Quartz that is called Tourmalinated or Tourmalated Quartz. The combination of light and bright white light is believed to create the ideal combination of energy, the manifestation of light energy, and darkness that come together in one purpose. It is considered a symbol of great luck and is not regarded as a moving target, but where some success is needed.

Composition of Black Tourmaline

Tourmaline belongs to a complex family of aluminum borosilicate mixed with iron, magnesium, or other different metals, depending on the size of their components, they can form as red, pink, yellow, brown, black, blue or violet. It’s prismatic, vertically striated crystals can be tall and slender, or thick and sturdy, and they are triangles separately in cross-section. They tend to vary in colors within a single sample, length, or cross-sections and may be transparent or opaque. The name Tourmaline comes from a Sinhalese word, which means turmoil, meaning “blended Stone of color,” or turmali, which means “the smallest thing in the world.” The most common types of Tourmaline are Shockl, with about nine-fifths of all Tourmaline in the environment.

The use of Black Tourmaline

Tourmaline is a shamanic stone, providing protection during labor. It can be used for teasing, and traditionally it was used to indicate the cause of the problem or offender, and to indicate the best way to go.

If you want to use the black Tourmaline for ritual cleansing and protection, then make a ring of eight smaller natural stones of a circle or place over your alter.

Black Tourmaline is an excellent crystal for meditation, and a small amount of Black Tourmalines are completed twice, ready for body composition.

Black Tourmaline reduces panic attacks, especially those caused by dark or closed spaces, or in areas where the atmosphere is hot. It also helps you to control your fear for doctors or dentists as an adult or child.

Wear this crystal to protect yourself from the crooks, smugglers, complaining neighbors, or emotional vampires that burden you with their problems but do nothing to improve their situation.

At work, hold a Black Tourmaline for a few minutes when you need to wake up or when you need a full focus.

It provides excellent protection against pollution, electromagnetic smog, and radiation associated with cell phones, computers, and other electronic devices.

The Black Tourmaline Stone serves as a technical support stone for miners and telephone operators.

In the industry, the Tourmalines are widely regarded as integrated circuits for the production of television and radio broadcasts. They are used for their rigidity because high frequency can pass through them without scattering or destroying them, as most crystals do.

Black Tourmaline gives you a strong sense of smell and can increase the sensitivity of pheromones that produce an aphrodisiac effect.

Tourmaline is explicitly used for the treatment of motion sickness. It can also help to restore luster and shine to the hair and nails.

How Black Tourmaline is worn

Black Tourmaline is very much advised to be worn on the left side of the body; this is because energy enters the aura of your body through the left side. Another way is to have a chunk of it in your pocket.

Conclusion

From all that has been said in the above article, it is a wise decision if you can get for yourself at least a piece of the very useful earth gemstone (black Tourmaline) to help bring light to your part

MEANING OF MORGANITE STONE

INTRODUCTION

Morganite is usually a salmon stone or higher with a pinkish color of the beryl variety.

The color is due to the presence of manganese in the stone. The heat produced by the stone enhances its color.

It is super smart and often comes in the best colors of pink. Due to these qualities and features possessed by the morganite gemstone, it has become women’s favorite, coupled with its beautiful diamond pattern, which makes it stand out.

A Morganite with its own transparent light it gets from the reflection of the, warms your heart, warms your soul, frees you from the feeling of being small in the vast universe, and opens up the sheer presence of supreme powers. This is the Crystal of the Divine Being. It brings recuperating, sympathy, affirmation, fand guarantee. With its gentle pink energy, Morganite sticks to the heart and Chin Chakra. It cleanses feelings of stress and anxiety, old wounds and hidden conditions, and gives light to light inside your heart as if the burden has been lifted. It brings the frequency of God’s compassion, inspiring awareness that suffering and pain of health have aided greatly in our spiritual growth, and can be a catalyst for moving forward in peace and confidence.

It is durable and inexpensive, making it an ideal stone for everyday wear.

Apart from being known as Beryl variety, it is also known as cesian Beryl and Pink Emerald.

HISTORY OF MORGANITE

Found in California in the early 1900s, and shortly thereafter in Madagascar. This became known as Pink Beryl until 1911 when, at the suggestion of George F. Kunz, an economist at Tiffany & Co, he was renamed Morganite renowned financial strategist and Treasurer JP Morgan, for his contribution to archeology and the American Museum of Natural History in New York, USA.

Morgan was also an avid customer and collector of Tiffany, where the largest Morganite was sold.

While Morganite is a pink variant of Beryl, the Beryl family also makes other colors that are used as gems, such as Emerald green, Aquamarine blue, Heliodor yellow, and Golden Beryl, Red Beryl or Bixbite and the colorless, Goshenite. Morganite is likewise called “Pink Beryl,” “Pink Emerald,” and “Cesian (or Caesian) Beryl.” MORGANITE RECORDS

Morganite is a pink variety of Beryl, beryllium aluminum silicate, which is colored with manganese or cesium and forms in prismatic cells and particles. It is naturally bright or yellow in color, known for its yellow paint, though it also happens to be salmon soft, pink, or yellow. In rare cases, it may indicate a concussion (cat-eye effect), or an asterism (the star effect), when cut to highlight these features. Unlike Emerald, another Beryl that usually has significant inclusions, Morganite has no additives. Another readily available feature is the presence of a large Morganite rough, which results in large stones being laid. The largest so far is a 598.70-carat cushion-cut gem from Madagascar that is now in the British Museum’s collection.

MORGANITE USES

The use of Morganite, especially in the shape of a gem, evokes a feeling of peace, happiness, and inner strength; worn over time, it promotes the growth of confidence and power that comes from the relentless awareness of God’s love and communication.

His name was called J. J Morgan, an American investor intrigued by enchantment and minerals; Morganite has been perceived as the foundation of promotion for unprejudiced nature. It is a big step for new businesses to gain market share, and it is a good thing to take in meetings with bank managers and accountants to find the right management.

Morganite likewise advances reasonable treatment by others, particularly those with mental or passionate issues or physical disease that make them antagonistic to other people. It is a beautiful crystal to achieve equality in all relationships, and in developing effective but loving relationships as well.

This crystal is especially supportive for teenage girls without a mother, and for young women who suffer from eating disorders.

It also reduces pressure, reduces pressure to perform, and also reduces how to avoid and “escape” from situations.

Morganite contains relevant information relevant to the history of its use and experience, as well as details relating to the geographical composition of other countries. It can be used to help your understanding of the characteristics of love, that when used, can be used to heal and save the Earth.

It will let you know that all your suffering and pain serve a higher purpose in your emotional, mental, and spiritual growth.

Morganite will always remove the pressure to perform or improve. You do not have to compete each time because this is the fastest way you will feel burned out.

Instead, it will challenge you to give everything you do 100% the best.

The bottom line is that you are proud of your efforts and happy with the results.

And it will make you more receptive to the soft and loving words of others.

Conclusion

Morganite will help bring wisdom and stimulate acceptance to your life. It will improve your creative ability and can help you greatly in developing psychic gifts.

If you are a woman, the stone will use its power to support you fully. It will allow you to own you to feel your inner strength, and bring to your remembrance of the beauty and courage that you possess.

The Morganite has energies that will enhance your patience and understanding, connecting your inner wisdom to the energy of your heart.

It will help love flow freely into your life, making you find the

It will help love flow freely in your life, helping you find healing from your grief, loss, shame, or guilt.

Women will be delighted with this morganite gemstone because it makes them feel more independent. But they can still achieve love and harmony with male energy.

Morganite will ensure you have peace, joy, and love in your life.

There are many other benefits of Morganite that we will discuss in the next post.