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It was first found in the Unaka Mountains in Tennessee and North Carolina

Like all of Dakota Stones items

When this combination crystallized

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

Black Spinel 15-20mm Double Drill Puff Hexagon - 8 Inch march_aquamarine It was sold in theSpinel 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.