Multi Spinel 4mm Faceted Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch Ice Obsidian This collection features material sourced

This collection features material sourced from the Joo-shahn County mines

so the individual beads can be used for pendants

Garnet was used as far back as the Bronze Age

especially Tsavorite Garnet

Multi Spinel 4mm Faceted Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch Ice Obsidian This collection features material sourcedSpinel 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.