Top- Quality Spinel Gemstone
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1. Red spinel is the best known of this gemstone family, spinel's coloring can range orange to lavender to mauve.
2. Spinel is the magnesium/aluminum member of the larger spinel group of minerals.
3. Its hardness is 8 on Mohs Scale.
4. The majority of spinel gems are mined from deposits in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, and lesser amounts from Tanzania and Tajikistan.
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