Episode 42: Spinel
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- čas přidán 1. 08. 2024
- This episode is about Spinel. What is spinel? Is it in the same family of gems as a ruby? How is it different than a ruby? Where is spinel mined? Is spinel rare and expensive? What are some famous spinels?
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Tiptoe out the back by Dan Lebowitz - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Finding a really good quality spinel is proving to be very difficult
Thanks for this video Paul!! Really appreciate the new knowledge!
Red spinel is gorgeous. I invested in a superb gem recently. A heart cut that I had set into a pendant for my daughter. Spinel is expensive but worth it if you get an excellent gem
I love Spinel. I have a Mahenge that is a dazzling neon Salmon Pink color. My favorite.
For spinel, you got to talk about Jedi spinel, of Namya and Man Sin from Myanmar.
I always notice very good clarity with spinel. I see lower quality rubies with inclusions, opacity but never with spinel. Interesting stuff. It's looks like your book would be even more educational. Got to check your book out, too!
I love this lesson I would love to see more lesson on some more of the less heard of gemstones
I will definitely do that. That is my favorite thing to do-discover new gem finds that nobody knows about!
very interesting lesson today.............. I don't see you live but I make sure I find you to learn more and more about gemstones. Now why is it that you hear more about "black spinel" in gem shows?
I have some black spinel beads which I have made into a necklace and they sparkle like diamonds.
I love those black spinel necklaces
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Belize Navidad! 🇧🇿🏝 I hope you are enjoying your stay and get to try a few holiday specialities like Black Cake and Rumpope. I live in the northern part of the country on Ambergris Caye.
Great episode on spinel. I too like the flash of black spinel. I’ve paired it with Nephrite Jade with great results.
Hi Coleen, Sorry or the late reply. Between the travel home and catching up on emails and other obligations once we returned, I am just now catching up. Love both black spinel and jade-nephrite and jadeite. We enjoy our time in Belize and have our favorite haunts. One of our trips there we did spend some time on Ambergris Caye. We will likely choose to retire in Belize one day!
@@pauldeasygemstones Glad to hear you are safely home after your holiday. Yes Belize is an irresistible Jewel. Thanks for the great content. I look forward to future episodes. Happy New Year.🎊
Hi sir!
From India
Love your videos
Can you provide info regarding salt and pepper diamond?
I would appreciate it
Wow now this was fascinating! I have a few loose rubies but now I am jumping on this one . Paul can you recommend a place or business that sells stones loose or on matrix , I’m more of a rough or natural left on matrix stone collector , I have made major scores on eBay , but later found some I own are fakes , looking for a good place to shop , tho I have mining ⛏ on the list for next year . And can’t wait for the next episode ! Thanks again Paul for all your help .
I will reach out to my gem guru Tom. He is unbelievably connected in the world of gems, especially rough. The good news is, this is a great time to buy, but a lousy time to sell. There should be deals out there!
Could you have a lesson on how to tell the stone is Ruby or Sappfire by eyes besides machines? Thank you ！
This is a great question and I will have my friend and gem expert Tom Elliot address this in a future lesson. First of all, the Gemological Institute of America discourages anyone from doing a "sight I.D." This means don't identify a gem just with your eyes without conducting further tests. That said, there are some tools you can use that aren't too expensive. For example, there certain ways to identify a gemstone like refractive index- For sapphire and ruby that is 1.76-1.77. A refractometer can test a gem for this and is relatively inexpensive. Likewise, a sapphire or ruby has a Trigonal crystal structure. Looking at the gem with a jewelers loupe or microscope you could tell the crystal structure-which would be different than a kyanite or iolite-which each have a different crystal structure. There is also specific gravity-which is the density, or heft, of the gemstone. You can use something called heavy liquids to test this. Placing a gem in a heavy liquid would either float on top, sink to the bottom, or suspend in the middle. The specific gravity of a sapphire is 4. if the blue stone you put in the heavy liquid of 4 doesn't suspend in that liquid, it wouldn't be a sapphire.
@@pauldeasygemstones Thank you for your response and firmed not by eyes to identify if it is ruby or sapphire. Expecting future lessons.