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 ...
Warning: Spoilers below for Steven Universe: The Movie. Like, serious spoilers. If you’re not familiar, Spinel is the movie’s antagonist. She was left to wait all by herself for thousands of years at ...
The gemstone spinel, known for its vibrant colors resembling gems like rubies and sapphires, has now been shown to be capable of storing quantum information, making it a viable material in the field ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private jeweller Lauren Adriana has used spinels in her designs since launching her business a decade ago, but ...
Long considered a kind of poor man’s ruby, the gemstone has come into its own. By Kathleen Beckett Pity the poor spinel. The gemstone that many people have never heard of has been saddled for ...