Black Spinel 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch Latest-MAR2022 Like all obsidian

Like all obsidian

Its name is derived from the Greek word for blood

priests and kings and believed to be a powerful protection stone

often called the "Super Seven" or "Melody Stone" contains Amethyst

light gray or black

Black Spinel 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch Latest-MAR2022 Like all obsidianSpinel 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.