Black Spinel 4mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch featured_05072026BYTE Its color can be a

Its color can be a soft pink

Beads Per Strand: 68

The stone was discovered in 2009 by a man in Mexico as a man chasing his goat up a mountain caught sight of an unusual rock

as a gemstone that is cut into many shapes and often given a high polish

Beads Per Strand: 40

Black Spinel 4mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch featured_05072026BYTE Its color can be aSpinel 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.