Multi Spinel 2mm Table Cut Cube A Grade Banded Bead - 15-16 Inch TQ08252022 It is an opaque stone

It is an opaque stone

red and magenta hues

but is prized

It forms when Quartz and Feldspar crystallize in radial aggregates within other silica-rich stones

Authentic DZI beads were used in ancient times in India

Multi Spinel 2mm Table Cut Cube A Grade Banded Bead - 15-16 Inch TQ08252022 It is an opaque stoneSpinel is a hard vitreous magnesium aluminum oxide, and comes in a range of other colors, but those varieties are transparent. Black Spinel not only has the dark color, but it is opaque as well, rendering its black especially deep and mysterious. Sometimes called the "Black Prince's Ruby" for its role in the English crown. It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times, but can be distinguished by its structure and its lower relative hardness.