Spinel

Espinela, Spinell, Spinelle, Spinelli, Шпинель, スピネル, 尖晶石, ספינל


Commonly known      rarer (so called collectors stones)      very rare (rarities)      relatively rare organic material


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Formula: MgAl2O4
Mineral Class: Oxides
Crystal System: cubic
Mohs Scale: 8
Density (g/cm3): 3.57 - 3.72
Refractive index: 1.708 - 1.735
Cleavage: restricted
Colors: colorless, all colors except yellow
Luster: vitreous
Fluorescence: red Spinel: red, blue Spinel: slightly reddish or green, green Spinel: slightly reddish
Pleochroism: -
Largest rough Spinel (red): >52 kg (Mahenge / Arusha / Tansania)
Deposits: worldwide
Discovery: ?
1st Description: 1944
Name: possibly from the Latin word "spina" (thorn)

Spinel

Weight: 1.20 ct

Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel

Weight: 3.25 ct

Origin: Tunduru / Tanzania

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Spinel

Size: 1.16 x 0.80 cm
Weight: 5.37 ct
Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel

Size: 1.27 x 0.89 x 0.50 cm
Weight: 3.45 ct
Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel

Size: 0.75 x 0.66 x 0.43 cm
Weight: 1.43 ct
Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel

Weight: 1.01 ct

Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel

Size: 0.74 x 0.57 x 0.40 cm
Weight: 1.20 ct
Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel

Size: 0.95 x 0.95 x 0.62 cm
Weight: 4.18 ct
Origin: Africa

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Spinel

Weight: 1.54 ct

Origin: Balangoda / Sri Lanka

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Spinel Mineral

Size: 0.7 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm

Origin: Pyan Pyit / Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Weight: 2.27 ct

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel

Size: 1.00 x 0.66 cm
Weight: 2.52 ct
Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel Mineral

Size: 2 cm

Origin: Krtutii / Tanzania

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Spinel
Spinel

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Spinel Mineral

Origin: Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Weight: 2.13 ct

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel

Size: 1.46 x 1.23 x 0.69 cm
Weight: 9.02 ct
Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral

Size: 6.6 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Weight: 0.53 g
Origin: Man Sin Area / Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Size: 1.84 x 1.55 x 1.29 cm
Weight: 28.91 ct
Origin: Tajikistan

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Spinel Mineral

Origin: Man Sin Area / Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Weight: 7.27 ct

Origin: Mahenge / Tanzania

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Spinel Ring

Spinel: 3.63 ct, 1.13 x 0.75 cm, Tanzania
Diamonds: 64, total 1.31 ct
Gold: 18K White gold

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Spinel Ring

Spinel Mineral "Star of David"

Size: 0.49 x 0.48 x 0.20 cm
Weight: 0.44 ct
Origin: Pyan Gyi Mine / Mogok Area / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Size: 1.6 x 1.56 x 1.05 cm
Weight: 18.55 ct
Origin: Mahenge / Tanzania

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Spinel Mineral

Size: 3.5 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm

Origin: Pyan Pyit / Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Size: 0.56 x 0.41 cm
Weight: 0.69 ct
Origin: Nanya / Myanmar

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Spinel Ring

Spinel: 1.59 ct; 0.79 x 0.55 cm; Tanzania
Diamonds: 96; total 0.62 ct
Gold: 18K White gold and yellow gold

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Spinel Ring

Spinel

Size: 0.9 x 0.76 x 0.59 cm
Weight: 2.9 ct
Origin: Pyan Pyit / Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral

Size: 0.76 x 0.63 x 0.65 cm

Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Weight: 0.68 ct

Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral

Origin: Man Sin Area / Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Size: 1.20 x 0.89 x 0.62 cm
Weight: 5.13 ct
Origin: Vietnam

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Spinel Mineral

Size: 1.44 x 2.04 x 0.38 cm

Origin: Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Weight: 1.77 ct

Origin: Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Spinel

Weight: 1.51 ct

Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral

Size: 2.0 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm

Origin: Pyan Pyit / Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Weight: 5.78 ct

Origin: Tanzania

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Spinel

Weight: 5.08 ct

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel

Size: 1.45 x 1.03 x 0.92 cm
Weight: 9.23 ct
Origin: Tanzania

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Spinel

Size: 1.27 x 1.23 cm
Weight: 10.24 ct
Origin: Mogok / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral

Origin: Kuch-i-Lal / Pamir Mts. / Tajikistan

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Weight: 3.05 ct

Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel Ring

Spinel: 1.49 ct, 1.1 x 0.52 cm, Tanzania
Diamonds: 2, total 0.06 ct
Gold: 14K Yellow gold

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Spinel Ring

Spinel Mineral

Origin: Man Sin Area / Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral

Spinel Mineral

Origin: Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel

Size: 0.83 x 0.58 x 0.43 cm
Weight: 1.56 ct
Origin: Ratnapura / Sabaragamuwa Prov. / Sri Lanka

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Spinel

Origin: Myanmar

Weight: 1.27 ct

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Spinel Ring

Spinel: 1.57 ct, 1.20 x 0.35 cm, Tanzania
Diamonds: 66, total 0.57 ct
Gold: 18K White gold

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Spinel Ring

Spinel

Weight: 2.24 ct

Origin: Tunduru / Tanzania

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Spinel

Size: 1.72 x 0.10 cm
Weight: 8.20 ct
Origin: Luc Yen / Vietnam

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Spinel Mineral

Size: 1.6 x 1.6 cm

Origin: Balangoda / Ratnapura / Sabaragamuwa Prov. / Sri Lanka

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Size: 0.68 cm
Weight: 1.4 ct
Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel

Size: 0.74 cm
Weight: 2.03 ct
Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel

Weight: 1.47 ct

Origin: Tunduru / Tanzania

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Spinel Mineral

Size: 4.5 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm

Origin: Lajuar Madan / Sar-e-Sang District / Badakhshan / Afghanistan

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Weight: 0.96 ct

Origin: Tanzania

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Spinel Ring

Spinel: 1.28 ct, 0.60 x 0.78 cm, Cambodia
Diamonds: 316, total 1.30 ct
Gold: 18K White gold

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Spinel Ring

Spinel

Size: 0.58 cm
Weight: 1.01 ct
Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel Ring

Spinel: 2.16 ct, 0.82 x 0.67 cm, Tunduru / Ruvuma / Tanzania
Diamonds: 6, total 0.18 ct
Gold: 14K Yellow gold

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Spinel Ring

Spinel

Size: 1.65 x 1.45 x 1.03 cm
Weight: 22.04 ct
Origin: Tanzania

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Spinel Mineral

Origin: Kaiiado Distr. / Rift Valley Prov. / Kenya

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Size: 0.80 x 0.98 x 0.52 cm
Weight: 2.94 ct
Origin: Bibile / Sri Lanka

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Spinel Ring

Spinel: 2.34 ct; 0.80 x 0.80 cm; Sri Lanka
Diamonds: 8; total 1.24 ct
Gold: 18K White gold

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Spinel Ring

Spinel Mineral

Size: 5.30 x 5.06 x 2.78 cm

Origin: Kahawatta / Ratnapura Distr. / Sabaragamuwa Prov. / Sri Lanka

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Weight: 1.44 ct

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel

Weight: 3.75 ct

Origin: Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral

Size: 4.0 x 3.9 x 2.5 cm

Origin: Aliabad / Hunza Valley / Pakistan

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel

Weight: 1.40 ct

Origin: Vietnam

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Spinel

Size: 1.3 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Weight: 6 ct
Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel

Size: 0.94 x 0.73 x 0.47 cm
Weight: 1.97 ct
Origin: Vietnam

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Spinel

Weight: 3.70 ct

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Spinel

Size: 0.72 x 0.53 x 0.34 cm
Weight: 1.20 ct
Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel

Weight: 2.12 ct

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel

Size: 0.97 x 0.80 x 0.57 cm
Weight: 3.40 ct
Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral "Pleonaste"

Size: 5.0 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm

Origin: Aldan Shield / Saha Rep. / Yakutia / Russia

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Spinel Mineral
Spinel "Pleonaste"

Weight: 2.12 ct

Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel Mineral bicolor

Size: 1.23 x 1.11 x 1.07 cm

Origin: Kahawatta / Ratnapura / Sabaragamuwa Prov. / Sri Lanka

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Spinel Mineral

Spinel color change

Weight: 4.94 ct

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel color change

Weight: 14.06 ct

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel color change

Weight: 4.16 ct

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel color change

Weight: 1.55 ct

Origin: Tanzania

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Spinel Trapiche

Size: 1.68 x 1.60 x 0.19 cm
Weight: 6.38 ct
Origin: Li Chaung Gyi Mine / Ohngaing / nr. Mogok / Myanmar

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Spinel Trapiche
Spinel Trapiche with Sapphire

Size: 2.34 x 2.09 x 0.42 cm
Weight: 18.3 ct
Origin: Li Chaung Gyi Mine / Ohngaing / nr. Mogok / Myanmar

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Spinel Trapiche

Spinel Cat's Eye

Size: 0.88 x 0.64 x 0.49 cm
Weight: 1.81 ct
Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel Star

Size: 0.60 x 0.56 x 0.46 cm
Weight: 1.47 ct
Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel Star

Size: 0.78 x 0.62 x 0.41 cm
Weight: 2.05 ct
Origin: Myanmar

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Spinel Star

Size: 1.04 x 0.83 x 0.66 cm
Weight: 5.50 ct
Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel Star

Size: 0.79 x 0.58 x 0.43 cm
Weight: 1.75 ct
Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel Star

Size: 0.78 x 0.66 x 0.38 cm
Weight: 1.87 ct
Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel Star

Size: 0.77 x 0.65 x 0.45 cm
Weight: 2.17 ct
Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel Star

Size: 0.77 x 0.63 x 0.55 cm
Weight: 2.49 ct
Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel Star

Weight: 30.47 ct

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Spinel Star

Weight: 2.31 ct

Origin: Mogok / Mandalay / Myanmar

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Star Spinel

Gahnospinel (Mg,Zn)Al2O4

Weight: 0.8 ct
Size: 0.78 x 0.49 x 0.29 cm
Origin: Sri Lanka

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Gahnospinel (Mg,Zn)Al2O4

Weight: 0.22 ct
Size: 0.32 x 0.3 cm
Origin: Sri Lanka

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