It was also thought red spinel could help remedy all types of blood loss and inflammatory diseases, the Geological Institute of America reports. Spinel is often given as a gift for a 22nd wedding ...

August birthstone. Peridot, spinel and sardonyx are August's three birthstones. Peridot is a yellow-green stone that comes from the mineral olivine.. Some believe its name derives from the Arabic ...

For instance, red spinel is associated with passion and devotion. Sardonyx is a combination of minerals sard and onyx, which together form a reddish-brown or orange stone with bands of white or black.

It is “an uncut red spinel called the Black Prince’s Ruby which is set on the front of the Imperial State Crown, one of the British crown jewels.” No doubt about it, the spinel has had a ...

In 2016, jeweler Olivia Young of Ouroboros sold a red spinel ring for £6,000 ($7,700). Last year, the client’s insurance company paid out £30,000 ($38,400) to replace it. Experts say that this ...

That large red stone at the center of the Imperial State Crown has been there from the time the crown was re-imagined for Queen Victoria in 1838. But it had been making the royal rounds long before.

Half of the top-selling spinel lots at Bonhams over the past 15 years have gone to Asian clients, including a Louis Vuitton ring (2014), set with a 20.03-carat red spinel, which fetched HK ...

In 2016, jeweler Olivia Young of Ouroboros sold a red spinel ring for £6,000 ($7,700). Last year, the client’s insurance company paid out £30,000 ($38,400) to replace it. Experts say that this ...