Spinel

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Spinel is a very attracktive gem stone and often mistaken for a ruby when it is red. The best ruby red spinels come from the Lay-Oo mine in Mogok, Myanmar. Many famous 'rubies' in royal jewellery are in matter of fact red spinels.

Please read more on

www.galleries.com/Minerals/OXIDES/spinel/spinel.htm

and

www.gemstone.org/gem-by-gem/english/spinel.html .