Multi Spinel 3mm Banded Faceted Round - 15 Inch Peach The stone fragments remain clearly

The stone fragments remain clearly visible

Grandidierite is a very rare

Turquoise is one of the oldest known gemstones

The time to pick up and put down conventional pliers can be spent creating and finishing the loops which can be significant given the amount of time it takes to create a chain of beads with wire wrapping

Delicate veining

Multi Spinel 3mm Banded Faceted Round - 15 Inch Peach The stone fragments remain clearlySpinel 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.