Black Spinel 2-3x5-6mm Faceted Irregular Tyre Beads - 8-Inch 48hr_07232024 In this strand

In this strand

it remains a highly prized material in fine jewelry

Labradorite is usually gray-green

so it fractures easily

Black Spinel 2-3x5-6mm Faceted Irregular Tyre Beads - 8-Inch 48hr_07232024 In this strandSpinel 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.