Spinel Stone; prices, colors, ruby comparison & more!

Spinel is a coveted gemstone in the jewelry industry. Loved by jewelers for their beautiful luster and vivid colors. Today we will do a complete break down on qualities, colors, prices and synthetics and imitations you should look out for.
We will also do comparison as well as price comparison for other stones of similar colors for examples sapphires, rubies and more.

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00:00 Introduction
00:31 Spinel stone colors
04:31 clarity & milkyness
05:11 Spinel in comparison to rubies and sapphires
11:55 Spinel prices
19:15 Origins
20:22 Synthetics & imitations

[ScootBling]

Great content! wish for more close up shots but very educational, thank you!

[realcourte]

Nice info video Dominique. Spinels are so underrated. Awesome job again!

[panno]

I was all excited when your segment was on spinels! I purchased an Art Deco ring with channel set green spinels last week, and anxiously waited for you to share some you had. Alas, I saw only one at the beginning in a still. I was so sad!

[leenahammad]

Would love to see more about how to distinguish synthatic from real stones.

[pathtohappiness]

Excellent way of education ... Very impressive ... Thanks both!!!

[Raven_Claw-gb]

I was lucky to come across a little red octahedral spinel that fluoresces beautifully and it didn’t break the bank. Love this stone and how high on the mohs it sits. Great vid and lovely eye candy for people like me who can’t afford the gemmy faceted type!

[deanportman]

Thanks for giving prices and price comparisons, sincerely

[hasangamaheshaka]

Excellent explanation. I have started to collect rough and cut&polished spinel in Sri Lanka. So, I will be more motivated to find quality spinels and do business in Sri Lanka. And also Expecting to find good buyers from all around.

[dariakelly]

Thankyou - excellent clear explanations. Does the black get misidentified in vintage jewelry. It seems like there are so many black stones and beads and cabochons. I always love the story of the red spinel in UK Crown Jewels was always thought to be a ruby. ❤💎😳

[QUEENDAGGER]

What about a ruby getting fauceted with a 10 diamond cutter? Will you please do a video on rubies and polish lines depending on the polish tool being used compared to curved striae lines please.

[chandra]

Can you tell something about spinel fluorescence?

[prettybird]

I am newly obsessed with the grey spinels. I have never seen a green one. Do they exist in nature?

[ccrisc]

What is the price range of a metallic spinel? Those are very cool.

[donmacquarrie]

I consider Spinels to be in the top tiers of gemstone with diamonds emeralds rubies and sapphires actually...when the most famous ruby in the world (black prince) turns out to be actually a Spinel - you know they're fit for secret gemstone ever

[MichalGlowacz]

Spinel is a great gem and it really felt like that secret stone with excellent physical properties that no one knew about. It's a bit sad that as it's becoming more popular it's also getting more expensive. I would love to put my hands on a nice jedi spinel one day, but with this pricing I probably won't 🙄

[danielmedrea]

I have a bunch of
Of them in a purple color

[evilliz]

How much is an electric blue? Say half carat?

[robertbrookshire]

I have a deep purple 1, bought it for 40 on a auction site, turned out to be worth 800.

[TegarD]

All of spinel any the chromium or not? If doesn’t have chromium, can it be said to be fake?

[milosbogunovic]

If red ruby crack did lose price a lot or ???