Black Spinel 3mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch february_jasper Bayong is a hardwood native

Bayong is a hardwood native to the Philippines with a natural red-brown color

meaning that their facets were cut using industrial grade diamond

but it is opaque as well

Rainbow Obsidian earned its name from the chatoyant

Queen Victoria’s granddaughter

Black Spinel 3mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch february_jasper Bayong is a hardwood nativeSpinel 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.