Spinel
スピネル
Mohs hardness
8
Mineral group
Spinel
Color
Red to many colors
MEANING
Passion & vitality
LORE & HISTORY
Its red crystals were long mistaken for ruby — the British crown’s “Black Prince’s Ruby” is in fact a spinel. Added to August’s birthstones in 2016.
Meanings and lore reflect widely known traditions and are not claims of effect. Hardness and mineral group are standard mineralogy — About our data