Black Spinel 8mm Faceted Round - 15-16 InchSpinel 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.

Golden Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass

mostly known for its green varieties

created when silica hardens within the fissures of other stones

calcium carbonate and other materials

It may also be called Rocky Butte Picture Jasper

Jasper is an opaque

is aptly named for its shades of gold

which occurs in many colors

Queen Victoria’s granddaughter

famed mineralogist and jeweler George Frederick Kunz

but is also said that it can enliven and promote happiness

as well as with reconciling conscious and unconscious thought