Blue Spinel Vs Sapphire

Tourmalines pg 4 paraiba tourmalines.

Blue spinel vs sapphire.

Nevertheless spinel s price even in those cases is still lower than the price of sapphire and ruby. Synthetic spinels are very. Hi here is just a small video that shows 4 stones cut from synthetic boules of corundum and spinel the one you can see at the beginning of my video synthetics corundum and spinel. With modern gemological tools we can easily distinguish between blue spinel and blue sapphire.

It may be colorless but is usually various shades of pink rose red blue green yellow brown black or. Sapphire ruby pg 2 ruby. Synthetic spinel showing a neon red color under short uv rays. The bright reds and deep blues are spectacular specimens.

Spinel pg 3 synthetic spinel. Spinel pg 2 red spinel pink spinel other colors. Blue exemplars are the second rarest spinel gems. Spinel has been making a name for itself over the last couple of decades and demand for fine stones well exceeds supply.

There is a big difference in between the price of natural and synthetic spinels. Spinel crystallizes in the isometric system. Sapphire status and reputation sapphire has always had a royal connection and was frequently worn by royals and the clergy throughout history. Blue spinel hues range from violet blue through very slightly greenish blue.

Other varieties are more common and less sought after. It is noteworthy that the world s most famous engagement ring is the iconic blue sapphire ring of princess diana worn now by kate middleton. This has to some degree closed the spinel vs. Blue spinel vs sapphire.

In fact spinel is in great demand among gemologists and gem connoisseurs. Sapphire ruby. Red and blue spinel. Red is the costliest followed by blue then pink and in last multi colors.

However hundreds of years ago when spinel was found together with sapphire and ruby it was impossible to tell them apart. Tourmalines pg 3 pink red yellow and other colors. Garnet pg 2 understanding garnets. Price varies from color to color.

It is easy to understand how early gem traders confused spinel with ruby and sapphire for over 1000 years. Picture courtesy ruby sapphire. Spinel occurs in a wide variety of colors. There is no telling how many spinels have actually been sold as sapphire.