What is a pink spinel?

What is a pink spinel?

Pink Spinel are beautiful, bright pastel-pink gemstones from Mahenge in Tanzania’s Morogoro Region, an acclaimed deposit for this rare, natural gemstone. One of the gem industry’s best kept secrets, this beautiful gemstone’s public recognition and market impact is limited by Pink Spinel’s low production.

What color of spinel is the rarest?

Blue Spinel is a very special gemstone because it is one of the few that occur naturally.

Where does pink spinel come from?

Most red spinels are quite dark or tend towards garnety or brownish red. But there are have been some outstanding pink spinels from Burma and Tanzania. The most famous are the neon pink-red spinel from the Mahenge region of Tanzania — these are regarded by many gem dealers as the finest examples of spinel ever found.

How can you tell fake spinel?

The proper way to analyze whether Spinel is real is to put it under a UV Radiation Light. Set it to long-wave and look for any stones that are particularly glowy. If the stones are glowy, that means it’s synthetic and not natural.

Is spinel gem expensive?

Top Spinels in the 2 to 5 carat size will often sell for $3,000 to $5,000 a carat. For the very rare stones over 5 carats, prices in the range of $8,000 to $10,000 per carat are not unusual for the top colors.

Is spinel a precious gemstone?

Every other gemstone that isn’t one of those four is considered to be semi precious. The list goes on and on, but some of the more common ones are: alexandrite, agate, amethyst, aquamarine, garnet, lapis lazuli, moonstone, opal, pearl, peridot, rose quartz, spinel, tanzanite, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.

How can you tell if a pink spinel is real?

What are the names of pink gemstones?

First Published: July-20-2017

  • Last Updated: January-12-2020
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  • What is pink spinel?

    What is Pink Spinel? Pink Spinel is a gemstone from the spinel mineral class and derives its name from the Latin word spinella, meaning spine – a reference to the naturally occurring points of a spinel gemstone.

    What gemstones are light pink?

    Coral – Coral varies in color from a salmon-pink color to orange to red.

  • Opal – Opal ranges in color from white with an appearance of multicolor in the light to fire opals which are a vibrant orange or scarlet.
  • Pearl – Rhodolite Garnet Rhodolite Garnet ranges from purple to red in color and is priced as low as$15 and as high as$200.
  • What type of gem stones is pink?

    Pink Gemstones. Pink gemstones include the following: Coral, Kunzite, Malaya Garnet, Morganite, Opal, Pearl, Rhodochrosite, Rhodolite Garnet, Rose Quartz, Smithsonite, Star Rose Quartz, and Tourmaline. Coral- Coral varies in color from a salmon-pink color to orange to red. It is extremely rare and valuable.