Spinel Gemstones: Hardness, colors, prices and heat treatments

Hey guys!
today were going to be covering one of the most underrated gemstones, spinel! We will be covering a spinels refraction index, what colors are available, how to identify them and more! We will aslo show examples of pink, blue, red spinel's and more. I'd love to know which color is your favorite!
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00:00 Introduction
00:28 Spinel Hardness
00:51 Spinel colors: reds, blues, pinks and greys
01:32 Spinel gemstone heat treatments?
03:21 Spinel refractive index
04:06 Spinel prices
05:26 Buying ethically sourced spinels
06:40 Identifying & synthetics

[@usmanhaider351]

Great work Dominique! 😍

[@DominiqueFlux]

Thanks! Glad you liked it :)

[@usmanhaider351]

You deserve more followers :)

[@Dennym240]

Thanks for the magnet trick. It works.

[@DominiqueFlux]

Very cool right!

[@chinthakahatapitiya]

Nice explanation 💗

[@DominiqueFlux]

Thank you :3

[@Travon-xx9gj]

I have a black spinel ring i love it

[@DominiqueFlux]

Very nice!

[@prettybird1978]

Hello, I was very excited to find this video. I just got some of my first spinel! I like the color options and purchased some in red, blue, purple/grey and this incredible hot pink!
I had a couple questions about spinel. Is spinel heavier than some other gems. ( it seems like my spinel are smaller than equal carat gems of other types)
Does most spinel have a grey overtone?
Also what is the average carat weight of spinel?
As always, thank you for the informative videos.
Cheers

[@dhananjayamawalagedara8]

Exactly true. I have a collection here in ceylon

[@samfisherskiller]

So the generic class rings that say green shamrock spinel are synthetic or natural? I was under the impression the stones used for that were basically costume jewelry stones.

[@DominiqueFlux]

Its hard for me to say withought seeing the stone in person but green spinel is one of the rarer colors, especially if it's a very vibrant shade. Maybe try putting it under blue UV lighting, if it glows then that would be a very easy way of telling its synthetic :)
Let me know if that helps!

[@christiantorrens7267]

You should make a video about semi precious stones like amethyst and citrine qualities and prices

[@DominiqueFlux]

Thanks for the request! We will work on it for sure!

[@jwlsgems]

Very nice color samples, but unfortunately Spinel can be heated to enhance color and filled with oil or resin to enhance clarity. Treated spinels are very rare, but we see more and more stones on market. So for expensive stone good certificate is a must have option.

[@DominiqueFlux]

Yes now we are seeing heated stones, you can watch my new spinel video for more info

[@tangojuli209]

thanks for the look into spinels. I'm getting more and more interested in these gems and loved the greyish tones to the purple and blues/ bluegreens. (PS: future videos, maybe avoid the sound effect dubs? its distracting from your content.)

[@DominiqueFlux]

I know the Grey's and brownish tints have such unique looks! Thanks for the feedback, we're constantly trying to improve :)

[@gishanj1563]

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[@hs-gg9gt]

Good videos i have ceylon spinal how can i contact you

[@danacarter9147]

​@@DominiqueFluxI ordered my first 2 spinels from Etsy!😀

[@DominiqueFlux]

@@danacarter9147 very exciting!!

[@sarfrazsiddiqui4392]

i have gem stone . want sell

[@dhananjayamawalagedara8]

I'm from Srilanka. I have lot of spinels

[@olegzubatov3216]

Hi, do you have your TH-cam channel?

[@celestine.love88]

Do u sell it

[@geeshanmadushanka2888]

I’m from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, I have a gem stone. Could you please help to find genuine buyers

[@rogerp9168]

The best jewelry in my opinion is the one in your nose.